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7 Ways Leaders Can Promote Communication at Any Organization
Leadership Skills

7 Ways Leaders Can Promote Communication at Any Organization

Any organization is only as strong as its ability to communicate. When an organization lacks strong communication, staying aligned and keeping...

Mislabels and How They Can Impact Others
Labels

Mislabels and How They Can Impact Others

Mislabeling—using Labels™ to express an unspoken element of the conversation but getting it wrong—is a Black Swan skill many people use on accident....

How to Use Labels™ to Neutralize Negative Emotions in a Negotiation
Negotiation Tactics

How to Use Labels™ to Neutralize Negative Emotions in a Negotiation

Humans are wired to think negatively.

Dealing with an Over-Inflated Ego
Negotiation Tactics

Dealing with an Over-Inflated Ego

For the most part, people don’t understand egos. When our counterpart has an ego, we don’t like it. We call folks with over-inflated egos...

10 Rules You Need to Break Right Now
Negotiation Tactics

10 Rules You Need to Break Right Now

1. Ask good questions – False You need to gather information–yet people hate being interrogated. Questions create friction, diminish rapport, and...

3 Ways Tone Can Make or Break a Deal
Communication Techniques

3 Ways Tone Can Make or Break a Deal

Your tone of voice is the first thing people notice about you. Tone is more than just volume—it’s a balance of your pitch, pace, timbre, intonation,...

Women and Tone
Negotiation Training

Women and Tone

In the workplace, a woman’s tone of voice has a profound impact on how she’s perceived. If a woman should ever be wrongly thought of as whiny or...

Mastering Tone in Negotiations & Why It Matters
Communication Techniques

Mastering Tone in Negotiations & Why It Matters

Everyone’s heard the famous adage: It’s not what you say, but how you say it.

Navigating Friendships Using Tactical Empathy
Communication Techniques

Navigating Friendships Using Tactical Empathy

A friend hasn’t reached out to you in a while.

3 Signs It’s Time to Cut Your Losses and Move on to the Next Deal
Negotiation Tactics

3 Signs It’s Time to Cut Your Losses and Move on to the Next Deal

According to Black Swan CEO and founder Chris Voss, it’s not a sin to not get a deal. However, it is a sin to take a long time to not get a deal.

4 Negotiation Techniques Every Attorney Should Use
Negotiation Training

4 Negotiation Techniques Every Attorney Should Use

Author Raheel Farooq famously said: “Arguing with a lawyer is not the hardest thing in the world; not arguing is.” Everyone wants to make their...

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