effective communications

A Rooster sparks reflection about interrupting others in conversations.
communications

Are you an “Interrupter?”

The neighborhood rooster didn’t get the memo about Daylight Savings Time last week. It’s bad enough that he usually commences

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Dan Lyons Time Magazine Cover Interview
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Listen More. Talk Less

Why is it so challenging to stay quiet? What is the result of over talking or talking exactly at the moment when it would be so much more beneficial to stay silent?

We recently released an episode of Narativ Inc’s LEADERSHIP STORY TALKS podcast that was all about the power of keeping your mouth shut, with the author Dan Lyons and we got so many great insights from the conversation that we decided to write an article about these.

Dan’s book STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World is filled with strategies that are linked in research and in observations of today’s most effective leaders.

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Reenergize Your Communications By Taking A Pause

When we start to get “verklempt” (very emotional in Queens dialect and Yiddish), my guidance to us is simple: engage in “The power of doing just one thing to reenergize and connect.” The exercise is as simple as it sounds: Pause, regroup, find a positive action, and reach out.

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