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Archive for the ‘Communicating’ Category

Welcome to Lichen-omics! Building communities as an alternative to silos and insular working…

Posted by Pradeep Jeyaratnam-Joyner

I don’t know about you, but for me, the world right now is a lot.

Amidst the tragedy and uncertainty, one thing that hits me is that the world is becoming more divided. Putting up walls, cooperating a bit less. That isn’t just on the world stage; I see it in client organisations as well from Senior Leadership through to management teams. People are becoming insular, working in silos, going with what and whom they know rather than valuing difference.

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Personal Impact and Assertiveness: Questions We Are Often Asked in the Training Room

Posted by Liz McKechnie

Personal Impact and Assertiveness is a big umbrella topic that really boils down to:

exploring how we come across to others

and

how do we hit the right note when it comes to getting our voices heard whilst respecting the rights and needs of others?

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Influencing and Communication Skills: Questions We Are Often Asked in the Training Room

Posted by Liz McKechnie

Our Influencing and Communication Skills courses are there to support everyday interactions in the workplace. So often we have to find ways to simply get other people to do something. Most of us have a few influencing tricks we use regularly but it’s when they don’t seem to work that we might need a few more options.

Here are some of the questions that often surface in our training rooms, with some thoughts we explore together.

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