Deb's Communication and Leadership Blog

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Have you ever had a conflict with a co-worker? Of course you have. If your company employs more than one person, workplace conflict is inevitable. And even if y...

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We all have to work with difficult people. That's a fact of life -- and work. And one person's difficult person isn't necessarily another's. You might experienc...

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You have a big presentation to make to your client, your funders, or your boss. You've spent hours developing a deck that's concise, crisp, and visually stunni...

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt once gave this pithy advice for making a good presentation:

"Be sincere. Be brief. Be seated."

As a professional speaker and present...

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We all make mistakes. From minor ones like mispronouncing someone's name (which, depending on the person, could be a big deal) to major ones like making an expe...

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Whether you think of yourself as Chatty Charlie, Reserved Rebecca or someone in between, chances are you have experienced the power of saying more with less.

I...

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We all have worked with a difficult person, and for some of us, we're working with a whole bunch of them. For you, it could be the fierce individualist who does...

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It's happened to all of us. You're making a big presentation to an important client, or participating in a high-stakes meeting with your boss, and suddenly, you...

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Steve Jobs once commented, "People who know what they're talking about don't need PowerPoint." Whether that's a slight exaggeration or a big one, it is true tha...

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When you hear the word "innovation", you probably picture thought leaders like Elon Musk (Tesla), Steve Jobs (Apple), or Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook/The "Lean In"...

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It doesn't matter how elegantly your PowerPoint presentation flows, how artfully you can field difficult questions, or how perfectly balanced your mix of statis...

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Work is hard -- which is why it's called "work." Every day, we face challenges that range from solving difficult technical problems and making hard choices betw...