Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Communication Skills”
Listening is not natural, and it’s not automatic. Oh sure, hearing is natural, for most people. That’s nothing more than sound waves hitting your eardrums. But listening has to be learned, as one little girl discovered after finishing her first week of school. “I’m just wasting my time,” she said to her mother. “I can’t read; I can’t write – …
It’s a new world out there. Discussion and debate are on the downswing and cancel culture is on the upswing. And the emotions and tactics are quite different. Discussion and debate bring excitement, energy, and engagement. Cancel culture brings fear and silence. Right now you’re probably being exposed to a bit of both, no matter where you work, play, live, …
This is Thanksgiving week and despite the extreme challenges of 2020, there is still so much for which we can give thanks. And indeed, we should give thanks, for it is in the atmosphere of thankfulness that families thrive and workplaces flourish. However, a tone of thankfulness is not something that automatically happens. It has to be built and it can be …
We’re in the midst of an election. We’re hearing an awful lot of questions being asked and we’re seeing about an equal number of questions being dodged. We hear a lot of talk but don’t see much listening. And to me, that’s sad, as well as frightening, because listening is literally the difference between life and death in a country …
