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Pa-ZIG-ative Thinking
People who are doing better than good will be sensitive to the needs of others and do the little things that make a big difference.

Ambition - Good or Bad?

An anonymous writer said that ambition, fueled by compassion, wisdom and integrity, is a powerful force for good. It will turn the wheels of industry and open the door of opportunity for you and countless thousands of other people. Fueled by greed and the lust for power, ambition is a destructive force that ultimately does irreparable damage to the individual in its grasp and to the people within its reach.

Behavioral Styles and Communication patterns
Each of us has a different way of communicating to others. It isn’t just your words that deliver your message. In fact the words may be least important. Your tone of voice and body language are a big part of communicating. It is your behavioral style that others interpret and make decisions on. How do you find out about your style?

What is Your Competitive Advantage?
Two new baby-easy long-term memory strategies. Learn these and folks will think you are Al Einstein reincarnated. Start now.

Communicate! Enough with the Sweet Talk!
Communication in any type of successful sales situation is a key component. If you can't communicate effectively, then it's likely the attention span of your prospect will wander.

5 Quick Tips to Conquer that Fear of Public Speaking
Are you afraid to speak in public? Here are 5 quick tips that can help anyone get the courage and raise their professionalism by speaking confidently in groups of 5 to 50,000! These tips come from a proven and top rated professional speaker so she knows her stuff!

How to Create a 20/20 Business Vision and Why it Matters
The turning point for a vision is when everyone sees it, gets it, and buys into participating to make it happen…built your vision…make that dream a reality.

4 Strategies To Turn Your Brand Into Your Competitive Edge

In today's economy everything speaks. Everything you do, what way you look, the words you choose, your tone of voice; all of this tells the world who you are, what you are about and and what value you add. The image your portray on line, in person and on the phone can either give you a competitive advantage or hurt your chances for success. Follow these 4 must know strategies to ensure you turn your brand into your competitive advantage.

Getting the Best from You and Your Team: Coaching Tips for Executives By Michele Molitor, PCC
When budgets are tight, getting the most from your team is key. Below are 13 simple (but not always easy) tips for executives and managers to increase your team's effectiveness and productivity.

The Most Important PR Secret
What most entrepreneurs and companies don't understand is that often the main job of the PR firm is to find the right story. It's often not the obvious story that works, because that's the same angle that the competition will be pitching. Without the right story and tone, you have a weak campaign, at best. Finding the right story, that's what it all comes down to.

Are You Lost In Voice Mail Land?
Technology works with or against us. It can be a barrier between our prospects, customers and our value to them. Your invited to ponder several points that will clear the rubble from your communication path and open the channels for valiant customer care.

Attitude at Work

This article explores the role attitude plays in the workplace. It does not delineate between small operator owned businesses and large corporates, for the very reason that attitude exists in each one of us, and has a major impact on motivation, satisfaction and ultimately performance at work. Points to consider are how our personal attitude impacts on others, and how we can begin to grow this in our team members. Techniques are then given to support that. Impetus is also given to people whose negativity is playing havoc at work and impacting on other team member's. This article is worth reading if you are leading people, or simply if you want to feel happier in your place of work.

Sales Training – Salespeople and Their Refined Communications
Salespeople usually train themselves in having just the right language and terminology for their product and services. What king of and how much thought do salespeople give to refining the tone in their conversations?

Refusing Clients
Though it would be nice to be able to serve all customers, the reality is that sometimes you may come across a customer who end up costing you more time and money than is reasonable. Sometimes it's not bad to refuse dealing with a client.

The First Seven Seconds and Beyond: How to Get Five Qualified Sales Leads at Every Networking Event

We’ve all gone to networking events where we’ve papered the room with our business cards, and collected countless cards from others. Then, we get back to the office the next day and start to follow up. But the people we call often don't even remember us -- much less buy from us. There is a way to virtually guarantee that people will not only remember you, but will trust you, bond with you, and buy from you.

Reason Number 11 You Can’t Sell Insurance
You don’t know how to listen even though you think you do. You never had a class on listening in school, and you certainly didn’t learn how to listen from going to school.

UNDERSTAND OTHERS BY UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF
Our imperfections, preferences and prejudices do govern our behaviour whether we are aware of them or not. If we are not aware of them we remain under their control as we can do nothing to control them or counteract them

The First Thing You Say In Marketing…
People make snap judgments in all their interactions. According to Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink, you have two seconds before someone jumps to a conclusion. You have two seconds to state your initial marketing message.

Building Trust for Explosive Business Success
Want to build strong business relationships that lead to explosive success? Focus significant time and energy on building trust with your colleagues, clients and business partners.

Operationalizing the Brand - Aligning Promise with Reality
This articles discusses the importance of aligning your organization around the delivery of the desired brand experience, i.e., operationalizing the brand promise made publicly.

What Your Boss Tells His Dog About You
Your boss may be an excellent leader and be totally transparent about his or her moments of frustration with you. Chances are you are not getting the entire set of information at all times. I have been fascinated with how you can tell if your boss is holding back information about you for some reason. This article will provide some ideas on how you can tell.

The 3 Cold Calling Phrases That Get Results
How can we possibly avoid rejection and still stay “real” while cold calling? Well, the truth is that the more genuine we are, the less likely we are to be rejected.

Do You Have to Be Aggressive to Make Sales?
A few weeks ago I was onsite at a company that had hired me to train their sales team on how to stop using traditional selling and start using the Unlock The Game™ sales approach.

Dead Silence From Your Prospect: The Worst Sound Of All
Could this be the worst moment in your selling cycle?

The Surprising Truth about Cold Calling
Haven’t you noticed that the old "tried and true" cold calling techniques that were once successful in cold calling have now completely lost their effectiveness?

Anger Solutions™ at Work: Dealing with Difficult People

Let’s face it – if you’re not somebody’s difficult person today, you will be tomorrow. We all take turns being difficult for other people, just as they can be difficult for us. The difficulty comes from differences in personality, communication styles, personal preferences, and our expectations of how things “should” be. In this column, I offer some practical and simple techniques to de-escalate and win over the difficult people in your life.

More On Business Manners From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach

Business manners are essential to build relationships in today’s business world. People, who present themselves very favorably, will maximize their business potential. I must tell you that I remain very passionate about business manners and believe very strongly in the results that follow the use of good business manners. In my own efforts for continuous improvement in business manners, I recently did some research that resulted in me finding a great resource - a quiz to establish your Business Etiquette Quotient. he quiz was developed by Lydia Ramsey, a business etiquette expert, professional speaker, corporate trainer and author.

Etiquette and Teen Texting

There seems to be some confusion about our role as parents and educators regarding our children's use of technology. In other words how do we teach technology etiquette to Gen Y-ers who are characterized as "knowing it all" especially when it comes to technology? After all, they aren't called the Net Generation for nothing! Discover the benefits and pitfalls of teen texting and 3 easy rules we can teach our teens to use technology responsibly and respectfully.

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Fundamentals of media interview skills: facial expression
What you look like and how you sound can be far more important than what you say when it comes to getting your message across. Nonverbal cues, such as tone of voice, eye movement, posture, hand gestures and facial expressions, overwhelm what is verbalized. This article examines why it's essential that the nonverbal and verbal elements of a presentation be aligned.

What Their Body Language Really Says?
When we communicate with someone we will be doing so on a number of levels, not just the words that we use - tone of voice and body language are also important factors in non-verbal communication. Here are some things to look for in your next conversation.

Behavioral Styles and Communication patterns
Each of us has a different way of communicating to others. It isn’t just your words that deliver your message. In fact the words may be least important. Your tone of voice and body language are a big part of communicating. It is your behavioral style that others interpret and make decisions on. How do you find out about your style?

The Voice of Action
The voice that says "YES, this is the right decision", "No, let's pass on this", or even "Hmm, let's mull this over a bit." In each instance your voice within advises you to take action, even if it is in-action. But do you really listen to it, or do you scoff at the idea that you actually pay attention to your inner voice?

INTERACTING WITH OTHERS
An interaction has verbal content and non verbal communication-gaze, gesture, expression, voice, volume, tone etc.

Communication A.P.P.E.A.L.

To succeed as a business owner, you need to create and refine your "entrepreneurial voice." I believe that voice has three components: your private voice (what you say to yourself); your public voice (what you say to the world); and your personal voice (what you say to clients). These three voices, while distinct, still need to align and resonate with one another to successfully run your business. In this article, I offer a perspective on what makes your communication appealing -- those qualities you can cultivate in each of your three voices to be more confident, genuine, and effective in every area of your business and your life!

Presentation Skills: Vocal Variety Is the Spice of Outstanding Presentations: Seven Secrets to Creating an Engaging, Entertaining, and Persuasive Speech

Just as spices make your favorite meals more delicious to eat, vocal variety, the way we use our voice, vocal rates, pitch, tone, pausing, makes your presentation appetizing to the audience’s ear. When using a monotone voice to convey your message, you will lose your audience and your message will lose its power. When you use vocal variety in your presentation, you create a more engaging, entertaining, and persuasive audience experience. The following are seven secrets to developing your vocal variety and giving an outstanding presentation every time.

4 Strategies To Turn Your Brand Into Your Competitive Edge

Your Internal Board of Directors ... Part I: Who's In Charge?

Have you noticed? When it comes to running your business, you have a lot of different voices in your head. You have the voice that tells you to work on your business plan, and the voice that tells you that you need to answer that email. You have the voice that encourages you to write an article to promote your business, and the voice that tells you it would never get published. You have the voice that wants you to hire an assistant, and the voice that says it’s easier to do everything yourself. With all the chatter going on in our heads, it is actually amazing that anything gets done!

Story Selling - Medical Sales Training
Something changes in YOU when you tell a story. Your facial expressions, body language and tone of voice become less sales, corporate and stiff and instead becomes more…YOU! And the more of YOU they get, the more interested they become.

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