The measure of a great communicator is not what he or she knows, it’s what those they want to influence know. If you are seeking buy-in for your vision, your goals, or your message it all starts with clearly communicating the information. Studies show that we are exposed to as many as 10,000 marketing messages …
Today it is harder than ever to get your message heard and clear communication is a challenge. Although there are many reasons, one of the most common is that your message is difficult to understand or too complicated for the main idea to be grasped by your audience. To help you simplify your message …
Have you ever had that sick feeling in your gut that your boss is just not into you? Maybe they continually criticize your work or maybe they are indifferent. They don’t show any passion. You know in your gut that you are just not connecting. They are not bought in to what you are bringing …
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Here are some of my favorite change quotes: Changing things is central to leadership. If you are a leader, you will continually deal with change…because you are trying to convince people to go forward and to go forward means there is movement and whenever there is movement there is change. Leaders have to get their …
Few things are more frustrating for a leader than seeing a plan, a project, or an overarching vision sputter because your team just doesn’t seem to be inspired by it. You know the effort is worthwhile, and you’ve clearly communicated to your team what they need to do to accomplish it, but it goes nowhere. …
Have you ever had a boss who welcomed employees – employees who report to you – that come to him or her when they have issues? Even though those employees should be bringing those issues directly to you? I have had bosses like that, and few things are more frustrating. Not only are you often …
Does it ever seem like your audience is just not getting your message? This can be really frustrating. Especially if you come to realize, like I occasionally have, that your meeting or presentation may just be…boring. Even though the constitution guarantees us free speech, it unfortunately does not guarantee us listeners. Let me provide you …
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Have you ever been at an impasse over an idea or concept with someone on your team—or even your boss? These kinds of conflicts can jam up workflow and slow productivity. We were just working with a client that brought this very situation to us. He said, “Mark, we are about three months into this …
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Have you ever had somebody on your team that’s withdrawn or someone whose performance has dropped and you just know that there is something going on? Isn’t that one of the most frustrating things we deal with as leaders? If our employees would just tell us the problem, we could fix it and help improve …
Have you ever had issues with getting your team to buy in to your vision? As leaders, this can be really frustrating. We have ideas that will impact the bottom line—but only if we can get our team on board. Challenge: Team Buy-In Leaders are about change. Leaders have vision. Leaders need to influence their …
