by Maureen Steele | Oct 10, 2017 | Interpersonal Communication, Personal Mastery
…and how to get there! This article and the tips in it have been contributed by our guest writer, Alysoun Sturt-Scobie. How often have you said to your partner (or vice versa) something along the lines of “It’s cold in here,” and they disagree with you....
by Maureen Steele | Jul 20, 2017 | Interpersonal Communication, Mastering Workplace Challenges, Personal Mastery
If you stay rooted in your own opinions and have a narrow perspective on things, it can greatly limit your room to manoeuvre. Choosing to take a different view of a situation can greatly increase your choices and options about how to deal with it, increasing your...
by Maureen Steele | Jul 20, 2017 | Interpersonal Communication, Mastering Workplace Challenges, Personal Mastery
Being true to yourself in a difficult conversation is both important and hard to do. You will get the best results and move forwards towards the best solutions if you can do this in a way that demonstrates empathy and compassion for the other person. Here are our top...
by Maureen Steele | Nov 7, 2016 | Interpersonal Communication, Mastering Workplace Challenges
It is sad but true – some people are good at pulling the wool over the eyes of others, and many get away with it for a very long time before being caught out. And while it is possible – in the words of the old saying – to fool some of the people some...
by Maureen Steele | Nov 7, 2016 | Influencing Skills, Interpersonal Communication, Presentations And Public Speaking, Skills For Personal Business Success
In this 2009 video Sheryl Sandberg, American technology executive, activist, and author reflects on the importance of authentic communication when it comes to being successful. In her view (and we tend to agree), your expertise alone will not get you to where you want...
by Maureen Steele | Nov 7, 2016 | Influencing Skills, Interpersonal Communication, Personal Mastery, Personal Presence
The word authentic carries with it a number of meanings and implications. First of all, authentic literally translates to “real” or “genuine”. Philosophically and psychologically speaking, it is a term used to describe the degree to which a person is true to his or...
