‘We Want to Communicate Better’
Milan Kordestani, author of “I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World,” converses about the challenges and opportunities around civil discourse in this Communication Intelligence Author Conversations feature.
Successfully Working Together in Polarizing Times
Claudia Clark converses about how leaders, even if they are initially unsure about or don’t like one another, can get along well and do the important work that needs to be done.
“Dear Barack, The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel,” is Clark’s book on the subject and she talks about it with Communication Intelligence magazine.
Clark’s research and telling of their story aims to show, “that it is possible for political adversaries to establish bonds of respect—and even friendship—in the service of the free world.”
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Learning About ‘Words That Work’ for Business Benefit
“Words That Work.” Think about that for a moment. Who wouldn’t want to have the power that the best communication can offer in our professional — and personal lives.
Val Wright, president of Val Wright Consulting, converses about it in this Q&A feature about her new — and latest book, Words That Work: Communicate Your Purpose, Your Profits and Your Performance.
Wright is a innovation and leadership consultant who has worked for many well-known organizations you’ll recognize and been a media source for outlets you’ll also know.
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Own More of Who You Are As You Move Towards Dreams and Goals
Liz Brunner, founder and CEO of Brunner Communications, converses about her book, Dare to Own You, Taking Your Authenticity and Dreams Into Your Next Chapter.
Brunner talks about a mantra (my word, not hers) that she believes in whole heartedly that can help encourage you as you examine your experiences in relation to your dreams and goals. She also discusses how we can more confidently pursue what we feel we are driven to do and how we can increase the odds of being successful.
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Stronger Connections and Achievements Through Superior Communication
We might not think enough about our communication and what needs to be done to best succeed with it. Just because humans have the brain power to communicate doesn’t mean they are always skilled and effective.
Matthew L. Mosely talks in this Q&A about his book, Ignition: Superior Communication Strategies for Creating Stronger Connections, what inspired it, a problem we don’t realize we have as a collective with communication and how we can learn to become influential and persuasive when we most need and want to be.
Moseley conversed with professionals from a variety of fields through his career for this book, which is an interesting twist. He also talks about three critically important questions to ask, and the sub-set questions, to be more powerful communicators.
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Affect Labeling to Calm an Angry Person
Anger, our own and other people’s, can be challenging to successfully address. Getting into the state of mind in which to engage in higher-level thinking and communication is not a simple task. Moving from intense emotion to a more productive state often proves vexing.
Yet Doug Noll says he’s learned a way to make it much easier to do and that’s why he is the subject of this Author Conversations feature.
Communication Intelligence magazine talks to him about his book, De-Escalate: How to Calm an Angry Person in 90 Seconds or Less, which details the power of affect labeling to help us and others regain emotional balance (a superpower) within the state of anger.
Elegant Solutions to ‘People’ Problems
Problems can be incredibly complex, in our minds especially. When they involve other people, the degree of difficulty feels much higher and at times maddening.
Yet Jaemin Frazer, author of Elegantly Simple Solutions to Complex People Problems, says we have more agency in our lives than we know if we can learn how to change the way we look at things, reprogram our minds and take different, more helpful steps.
In this Author Conversations piece, Frazer briefly talks about the topic and his findings from his experiences in helping people.
The Tangible Value of Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence offers practical, tangible advantages to professionals and organizations.
Edoardo Binda Zane converses about his experience researching and writing his book on emotional intelligence in the workplace and business and what he learned and maybe surprised him.
He talks about Emotional Intelligence for Leaders: A Science-Based Guide to Inspire and Drive Your Team, including the nature of emotional intelligence and how it’s not only helpful for traversing emotions and relationships in the the workplace but also for valuable tangible advantage.