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Assertive Language: Talk Your Way to Turning Around Your Life

Charles Smith

September 3, 2021

Put Speaking Assertively and Asserting Yourself Top of Your To-Do List Assertive language at work often gets mistaken for aggression.…

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How to Achieve Unstoppable Confidence in 5 Steps

Jack

August 31, 2021

Confidence is Inconveniently Intangible When we think of a confident person, it’s difficult to quantify how this actually comes across.…

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Influencing Styles Questionnaire

Gabby Smith

August 31, 2021

Find Out Your Influencing Style You can complete this influencing styles questionnaire to identify your influencing style. Or you might…

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Small Talk: Your Secret Superpower in Building Your Business

Charles Smith

August 27, 2021

A Word in Your Shell-Like Small talk is an important part of human behaviour that many business people actively dislike.…

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Rapidly Raise Rapport with These 5 Actionable Tips

Jack

August 12, 2021

Build Rapport as Soon as You Walk Through the Door… A close friend of mine caught a nickname in class.…

Listening Skills: Build Understanding & Change How You Listen

Charles Smith

August 2, 2021

Knowing Me, Knowing You, Aha Listening skills have gained fresh importance in the pandemic. People working from home (WFH), or…

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Storytelling: Persuade People With Your Powerful Stories

Jack

July 29, 2021

We All Tell Them, We All Hear Them But What Makes Them Powerful Persuasion Tools? Stories. They’re powerful, impactful, and…

Push Pull Influencing Model: How it Can Help You to Influence

Darren A. Smith

June 16, 2021

So, You want to influence others so that you can get more of what you want? Use the Push Pull…

Personal Impact & Its Growing Importance Since the Pandemic

Charles Smith

April 23, 2021

Hello, Are You Okay? Personal impact has taken on a new prominence in business since March 2020. And as workplaces…

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7 Quick Ways to Get What You Want & Influence Others

Darren A. Smith

March 30, 2021

Getting What you Want is all about How to Influence Others Not in a negative or manipulative way. More in…

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The Importance of Interpersonal Skills in the Workplace

Emma Worden

March 30, 2021

If You’ve Ever Applied for a Job, You Must’ve Wondered Which Interpersonal Skills to Put on Your Resume These skills…

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Understand the Meaning Behind Your Questions

Darren A. Smith

March 2, 2021

Do You Know the Meaning That Lies Behind the Different Types of Questions? This post is about understanding the hidden…