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Listen here: Listen: Apple Podcast Listen: Spotify Watch: Youtube Listen: Google Listen: Stitcher Watch here: 20th March is the UN International Day of Happiness. The call for the day is that we can create a happier and kinder world together by adopting a simple, daily practice: ● Be mindful ● Be grateful ● Be kind …
Listen here: Listen: Apple Podcast Listen: Spotify Watch: Youtube Listen: Google Listen: Stitcher Watch here: https://youtu.be/8hWQOI7MaKU “Knowledge about other cultures will make the difference. I only need to know what people from the {fill in the culture} do in this situation. For example, how they start meetings, do small talk, make presentations, negotiate and give …
Listen here: Watch here: Listening is a radical decision. Did you learn how to listen at school? We forget sometimes that hearing is one of our senses, and listening is a skill. We might have been told to ‘be quiet and listen’, however not actually taught how. In our busy world, focused on delivering at …
Listen here: Watch here: According to the Harvard Business Review research, a vast majority, 92% of employees consider meetings costly and unproductive. Although the pandemic years have led to shorter meetings, the same research says that the number of meetings overall have increased +13.5%, leading to even more ‘Zoom fatigue’ and technostress. In 2023, it’s …
Listen here: Watch here: Are you a networking fan? A surprising number of people say they’re not! They find it awkward and don’t know how to build the conversation, balance what we want to talk about, close the conversation and then appropriately follow up. Even if it’s for internal events, I know that some of …
Listen here: Watch here: How often do you notice others’ non-verbal communication? How aware are you of your own non-verbal communication? When speaking, we tend to plan what we will say, the content, and the actual words we will use, however, if we don’t pay attention to our non-verbal communication, then we are missing key …
Listen here: Watch here: Difficult conversations. How do you feel about them? They may not be easy, especially when it involves giving negative feedback to someone. Emotions can run high and our response might be to avoid the conversation altogether, at least for a while. Or alternatively, we may run into it too quickly, when …
Listen here: Watch here: When working in multilingual and multicultural global teams we can experience situations where a few voices dominate in meetings, while others are quiet. If we do not fully understand the cultural and communication challenges that individuals may experience, it can lead to frustrating, unproductive meetings. As team and project leaders, we …
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Listen here: Watch here: Do you know how to get your emails right when it really matters? Are they being opened and cutting through? And are you achieving your project and work goals successfully through email? We might use plenty of quick messenger tools these days for working with our colleagues and co-workers, such as …
Listen here: Watch here: Why do we need all this small talk? Research shows the importance of informal conversations for virtual and hybrid meetings, and how it can make the difference for teams, how they work and their overall project and performance success. However, small talk isn’t comfortable for, or even valued, by everyone. This …
