The job of a technical person isn’t just about doing their technical work, it’s also got to be about communication. But those two jobs use two very different muscles, and if you don’t use a muscle much, it won’t get stronger.
In this vlog post, Pete zeroes in on one particular muscle technical people need to go out of their way to exercise.
As a leader, you almost certainly have people coming to you all the time with requests and suggestions. But the folks who report to you may not be the best communicators, and as a result, their ideas could be undersold by their words. At this point, it’s your job to give the idea the respect and thoughtfulness it deserves by asking good questions.
In this post, Pete shares his thoughts about where to look to find those good questions.
Organizational hierarchies have their value, but when your cultural hierarchy is too steep, everyone in that organization misses out on the potential value of those team members who are “underneath” them. In today’s post, Dean shares a story that can illuminate how to flatten your cultural hierarchy and get the most value from everyone on your team.
Congratulations — You’ve made it into a new role in your organization. Now you face the task of getting buy-in from the rest of the team in this new role. In today’s replay post, Dean shares his thoughts about making the most of this opportunity and by stepping up into this new role the best way possible.
We all have our communication tendencies and defaults that work for us in some way, but that cause problems for those who are trying to communicate with us. In today’s post, Pete shares a common default that Thinkers have that can cause problems for others — and offers a practice they can get into to avoid those problems in the future.
We all agree that truth is important in our professional communication. But sometimes it can be unclear what is and isn’t truthful.
Language is one huge part of communication, and body language is another. But what about “driving language?”
We all agree that truth is important in our professional communication. But sometimes it can be unclear on what is and isn’t truthful.
Are you striving to build a strong unified team during this hybrid time?
When you’re looking to build a professional relationship, it’s valuable to find areas of agreement to build on, and the last thing you want is to dwell on an area of active disagreement. So sometimes it can be strategically valuable to leave your opinion out of a conversation. In today’s Vlog, Pete offers some insight on how to identify moments in networking conversations when you can choose that strategy, and how to go about making the strategy work.
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