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Leadership Communication for Effective Teams

Ian's Messy Desk

Poor leadership communications can cripple even the most skilled teams; poor communication has a negative impact on trust, productivity, and morale. Power imbalances make open and honest conversation difficult, and it takes courage for an employee to tell the emperor he has no clothes. Expediency. Consequently, we take short-cuts.

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Climb the career tree, all the way to the top!

Practically Perfect PA

I like colour in work clothes but go for powerful reds and jewel tones, no baby pinks. Absorb the information on your company’s website and try and learn new skills where possible such as reading balance sheets. I’m sure you always look fabulous in the office but make sure you have an air of “executive” about you.

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Why You Don't Need to Mimic Someone Else's Fame | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

However, he isn’t stodgy, and his social skills are better than mine. People listen now…’ Definitely confidence issues for me. Heather: As people start tuning in, the pressure to be “on&# can definitely rise. Writing is a skill that I will be working on much more over the next several years to lifetime.

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Full-time Freelance Writing Jobs | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Dress in comfortable clothes (I recommend Hawaiian shirts). You have to be disciplined with money, a skill many writers don’t have. I’ve also done the freelancing thing–learning to market myself, developing my money management skills and learned to juggle. You can enjoy a quiet, stress-free work environment.

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Why Good Copywriting Goes Bad: Ignorance | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Foreign language copywriters or professional translators skilled at intercultural communications adapt your key messages to targets whose cultural values and references can differ significantly. Good copy will reveal that the emperor is has no clothes. I love your cheat sheet and will definitely use it. Have retweeted as well.

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The 6 Stages Of A Failure

Brilliantly Better

Do clothes make a person? Enjoyable Things To Do For Your Sister Reply 17 dragos March 11, 2010 at 7:55 am Well, thank you Reply 18 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills March 10, 2010 at 11:15 pm This was brilliant Dragos. Jonathan – Advanced Life Skills´s last blog. David David Rogers´s last blog. Amen to that!

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What's Under the Hood of Your Web Copy? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

If you write web copy that speaks of being good in sales but sounds like it comes from a casual, laid-back stay-at-home mom, your client won’t be pleased if she’s actually a businesswoman who wears upscale clothes to impress clients at high-profile meetings every day at her downtown office. Ragnar´s last blog.

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