Because You Want To

My wife and I are the proud parents of a 17-month old boy who excels in life.  Of course, there’s a little biased bragging going on, and as any parent

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5 tips that will improve your workplace communication skills

Here are 5 very useful tips for improving your workplace communication environment: 5)  Greet your colleagues and co-workers with a smile, “Hello”, “Good Morning”, or something similar each day.  It

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Wrapping and Unwrapping

Wrapping and Unwrapping The year is done Time has passed Goals accomplished Objectives Met Around the corner Once again Another year With time to be spent Peering behind Looking ahead

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To Lead, To Follow…What to Do?

When is it time to lead or when is it time to follow?  As business author Daniel Pink describes in his book Drive, “An algorithmic task is one in which

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Fresh Eyes

Fresh Eyes What are those events that allow us to see our current situation from a new perspective?  Recently, my family and I moved to a new city, Philadelphia, where

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Move, Moving, Moved

Move Moving Moved My family and I just moved to Philadelphia from San Francisco.  Although we did our fair share of packing, with a 10-month old in tow, we couldn’t

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Don’t Spare Change

Don’t Spare Change Let there be no doubt, change brings with it both foreseeable and hidden challenges. When that change is related to communication behaviors, I openly declare the hidden

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In an on-line article by Andrea Campbell, Top 10 Communication Issues and How to Avoid Them, she stated that the # 1 communication issues facing businesses is people’s “Failure to

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I recently read an article about employee training as an investment.  Author Jeffrey Bodimer wrote: “Whatever your reason for conducting an employee training session, you need to develop the employee

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I am the founder and president of Shapiro Communications, a live communication facilitation and training company.  Amongst our communication skills courses, we offer one specifically for attorneys that contains an

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