How to Structure an Off-the-Cuff Response: Clear Communication Without Rambling

4 July 2025 / All Posts, Effective Communication

Being able to make your point succinctly is a leadership skill that you can develop. Here are three frameworks to do that - and a one-pager to help you apply them.

Get Over It: Knocking Down The Barriers to Influence

14 April 2025 / All Posts, Featured, Influencing and Persuasion

What's stopping you from being effective at influencing others? That'll probably be due to at least one of these six barriers.

The Art of Dealing with Subtle Snipes and Baseless Accusations

13 April 2025 / All Posts, Body Language, Effective Communication, Featured, Influencing and Persuasion

Deal with unfounded accusations or passive aggression with grace: no more feeling 'trapped' or bombarded.

How to form rapport with others before you even speak

16 March 2025 / All Posts, Body Language, Effective Communication, Email Communication, Featured, Influencing and Persuasion

Forming connections in business relationships can seem like hard work, especially when the client, prospect or colleague is so different...

Sell with Subtlety: The Ambivert’s Guide to Persuasion

11 March 2025 / All Posts, Effective Communication, Featured, Influencing and Persuasion, Productive Meetings

Need to get others to buy into your ideas? These 13 phrases will increase your persuasiveness.

Tensing Up: How Speaking In The Now Increases Persuasion

9 February 2025 / All Posts, Effective Communication, Featured, Influencing and Persuasion, Job Interviews, Presentations

Convincing others that you can do something that you haven't done for a while - maybe many years ago -...

How To Find Influential People When Your Network Is Limited

18 November 2024 / All Posts, Effective Communication, Featured

Your business networking skills are severely put to the test when you’re trying to change the status quo, corral a...

Navigating Emotions at Work – A Practical Guide

21 July 2024 / All Posts, Effective Communication

If your emotions are stifling you, it's difficult to use your communication skills effectively. This is a guide to help you balance your emotions with your professional life.

Your Emails Just Kill Me!

24 June 2024 / All Posts, Effective Communication, Email Communication

How direct can you be when you message and email others? Here's a scale you can use and some guidelines so you don't unintintentionally upset others.

Amplify Your Credibility With This Technique

17 May 2024 / All Posts, Effective Communication, Influencing and Persuasion, Presentations, Storytelling

Use this quick narrative structure to prove your credibility or that of your service or product. No need for plot lines or protagonists.

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