by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 27, 2022 | Decisions, Emotion, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success, Talking
Speaking Truth to Power “Speaking truth to power is to express our opinions frankly and openly to people who have some form of power over us,” this definition from thought leader, David Gurteen. The concept of Speaking Truth to Power goes as least as far back as the...
by Madelaine Weiss | Apr 11, 2022 | Emotion, Leadership, Stress, Talking
What is Constructive Feedback? Positive Feedback. Negative Feedback. Destructive Feedback. Constructive Feedback. Criticism. All of these forms of feedback appeared in a single article entitled “A Comprehensive Guide to Constructive Feedback [2022].” We all know that...
by Madelaine Weiss | Feb 21, 2022 | Attention, Decisions, Leadership, Stress, Talking, Time, Work
The Problem with Meetings It’s happening. People are going back to the office. Probably not 5 days per week. Possibly not that ever again. One young professional told me that it will be 2 days per week in-person, mostly for meetings. Then he added that people would be...
by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 2, 2021 | Attention, Decisions, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Storytelling Animal, Talking, Work
Conversation Situation Less than 2% of conversations end at a point when both people want them to. GASP. Only about 10% of the time did both people wish the conversation had lasted longer. OY. And: The difference between what people wanted and what they got was, “on...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jun 21, 2021 | Attention, Mind Mastery, Talking, Work
Communication Struggles? Ever notice how hard it is to stay tuned when people drone on, even if you want to pay attention, which a lot of the time you don’t? The Power Pause Mark Twain may not have known the why but he sure did know the what, when he said: “The...
by Madelaine Weiss | May 24, 2021 | Leadership, Mind Mastery, Talking
The International Leadership Industry spends about $50 billion/year teaching people authenticity. What does that even mean? What is Authenticity? Here is partial definition from Merriam Webster: 2: not false or imitation : REAL, ACTUAL an authentic cockney accent...
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