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Listening Is One Skill Too Easy to Forget
The best communicators aren’t defined by how much they say, but by how well they listen.

JD Solomon
Oct 21


How These 20 Guest Insights Will Improve Your Facilitation and Technical Communication Skills
FINESSE stands for Frame, Illustrate, Noise reduction, Empathy, Synergy, Structure, and Ethics.

CWF
Aug 30


Why You Need a Partner to Communicate Big Decisions to Leadership
Commit to being a person that executive leadership wants to hear from when the chips are down.

JD Solomon
Aug 4


Five Best Practices for Effectively Communicating Risk Management
However, without clear and effective communication, even the most well-structured risk management plans fail in execution.

JD Solomon
Mar 29


Why Data-Driven Communication Enables Delivering Bad News Right
Project managers can turn difficult conversations into opportunities for collaboration and growth.

Gustavo Vinueza
Mar 28


Why Ask Simple Questions to Gain Better Insights
Simple questions feel less intimidating, making people more likely to respond truthfully.

JD Solomon
Feb 3


Discover the Power of Canva for Stunning Visual Designs
Professional design tools like Canva are essential for effective communication.

JD Solomon
Dec 30, 2024


What Becky Selling Sex Taught Me about Making Decisions
...attractiveness can play a significant role in routine or low-stakes decisions.

JD Solomon
Nov 29, 2024


Fundraising Essentials Provide Powerful Lessons for Effective Communication
Anteneh Zewde is a Global Reliability & Maintenance Consultant/Leader at DuPont.

Anteneh Zewde
Nov 15, 2024


Have Backup
Make sure all of the backup firepower is present. Management and the lead presenter share an essential role in making it happen.

JD Solomon
Oct 14, 2024


How to Use "Not Readable" as an Effective Communication Tactic
Playing the "not readable" card should be the exception, not the rule. Sometimes you need to know how to bend a rule but not break it....

JD Solomon
Oct 7, 2024


Keep Your Summaries to 300 Words for Success
The average person can speak between 125 and 200 words per minute.

JD Solomon
Sep 23, 2024


Ten Things You Might Hear An Ineffective Communicator Say About Senior Management
Improving our communication skills makes us better technical professionals and respected trusted advisors.

JD Solomon
Aug 11, 2024


The Power of Interest-Based Negotiation in Long-Term Planning
In interest-based negotiation, the primary goal is to uncover and address the true interests of the parties involved.

Jeff Lineberger
Jun 27, 2024


My Reliability Journey to Asset Performance Management
The lesson here is that everyone's ideas matter and everyone has an important role to play in asset performance.

Ken Latino
Jun 5, 2024


Got Ethics? How to Fact Check and Enable Ethical Communication
Does your senior manager wish you to bring them the facts to make a good decision? To do so, you must learn to be a good fact-checker....

JD Solomon
Jan 19, 2024


Visualization Tip: Excel's Data Validation Empowers Effective Technical Communication
Using the Data Validation feature in Excel improves visualizations by ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and reliability. Using the...

JD Solomon
Dec 19, 2023


Career Success Depends on Effective Communication with Executive Leaders
I have had people throughout my career ask me to define Leadership as it is often confused with managing. Once I give my opinion, the...

John Parker
Sep 28, 2023


Empower These Four Roles When Technical Collaboration Bogs Down
Empower these four roles in a timely manner when technical collaboration bogs down. Occasionally, the technical collaboration bogs down. The facilitator must decide what to do in order to get the team back on track. I am experiencing one of these situations now, so I do what I normally do – I pull out my old yellow folder and review some thought-provoking references. These are four roles for you, either as facilitator or participant, to use as part of an intervention approach

JD Solomon
Sep 8, 2023


Effective Communication: You Get One Shot at Professional Credibility
It's easy to get caught in the trap of giving your audience what they want. The trouble is that big, strategic decisions are ripe with...

Lester Ray Moore
Aug 28, 2023
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