10 Tips for Improving Social Intercourse

Ten commonsense tips to help you develop better relationships with your coworkers, your vendors, and your customers.

A 'Four Square' Statement

A quick and simple way to develop a strategic plan for any written document. And while it doesn't require much actual writing, it will help you focus your attention and get a better response to your message.

Email Etiquette - Business Writing Made Easy

Don't let your computer become a lethal weapon when you're sending business emails. Take to heart some valuable tips to keep you on the straight and narrow when communicating electronically at work.

Are Your Communication Skills In Line With Your Ambitions?

While this time of year compels us all to make changes in our eating and exercise - code words for changes to our bodies - just think of the effect on our lives if we also spent time making changes to our communication skills. Good communication skills are important in our social and professional lives. This article describes those skills and encourages you to make them a part of your tool kit for success.

Work Place Communication in the Net Centric Battlespace

Work place experience is extremely important and nowhere is it more important than to military professionals and commanders in battle. Many battles have been won or lost solely based on having superior communication over the enemy.

Work Place Communication for Air Traffic Controllers

Believe it or not many business executives do not feel that workplace communication is an important thing to consider or concentrate on in their businesses. However, for these executives who do not believe that workplace communication adds the incredible synergy

Work Place Communication at Oil Change Companies

Workplace communication is not only for the office. Consider if you will and oil change facility. The workers are changing the oil in a car as a team.

Relationship Building when Facing Unsavory Business Situations

Oftentimes in business dealings we are faced with unsavory situations with clients and peers. These can prove to be destructive or, if handled well, can actually strengthen our relationships. In this article I share some helpful tips and techniques I have learned.

Listening Techniques For More Effective Meetings, Part II

This is the second half of a series on active listening in the workplace. In this article, we continue discussing the importance of active listening and how it can greatly improve workplace productivity.

Communicating to All Employees

Have you ever managed a large multi-shift workforce? Have you ever thought “What if I could personally communicate with everyone on all shifts?” I once managed a large multi-shift workforce and communicating to that workforce was a big issue for me and it was very important to do it properly.

This Week's True Business Story: Excuses

We should realize that we don't need any particular customer or client. When you appear desperate, you simply hand them a stick to beat you with. You're in command. There's only one of you and many of them.

Are Your Employees Sitting Comfortably?

Information on how to decide what office chair is right for your employees.

Keys to Effective Communication

Use these principles to achieve success through effective communication.