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12 G.O.A.T. Powerful Phrases to Instantly Boost Your Communication Skills

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Starting with connection, phrases like “I care about you” set a positive, cooperative tone right off the bat, enhancing your communication skills. David explains that the best ones fit into four key conflict areas : connection , clarity , curiosity , and commitment.

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7 Practical Ways to Create a More Sustainable Organization

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How Small Businesses Can Do Their Part In Sustainability Today I talk with Cooper Wechkin Founder and CEO of RyeStrategy about the business case for a sustainable organization (even for small organizations). We discussed practical and important ways small businesses can do their part toward a more sustainable future.

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Proven Strategies To Resolve Conflict In The Workplace

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Discover How to Navigate and Resolve Conflict with Expertise (18:52) Understanding the TKI Conflict Model : An overview of the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI), explaining its foundation on assertiveness and cooperativeness, and the strategic application of its five conflict modes (competing, accommodating, avoiding, compromising, collaborating) (..)

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Workplace Culture: How to Leverage Innovation No AI Bot Can Replace

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According to a recent Price Waterhouse Cooper CEO survey, 77 percent of CEOs say they struggle to find the creativity and innovation they need. Do your front-line employees feel encouraged to speak up and share solutions? Do employees at all levels have the critical thinking skills to get to the root cause?

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Connection: We Feel Good When We Feel Connected (Shelley Row)

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Additionally, recent research shows that for those with whom we feel connected, we demonstrate more empathy, trust, and cooperation. Would it help productivity in your office if people were more cooperative? You naturally want to connect with those like you because it makes the brain feel good. You know the answer.

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Better Stakeholder Management: How to Turn Stress into Success

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This eases her anxieties and wins you a cooperative stakeholder. You might be “right” in telling her everything is under control, but you become “effective” when you present her with a contingency plan. You could approach Nora this way: You’re raising some important concerns and I’ve thought about that too.

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The Starting Point of Good Leadership (Bill Treasurer)

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As a leader, you’re expected to be bold and calculated, passionate and reasonable, rational and emotional, driven and patient, principled and flexible, competitive and cooperative, strategic and tactical, and yes, confident and humble. Leaders get a lot of mixed messages about what’s most important to followers.