James Nathan Miller made an interesting observation some 50 years ago: “Conversation in the U.S. is a competitive exercise in which the first person to draw a breath is declared…
Ira KoretskyApril 9, 2018
"No" often hides the door to "yes." This insight was shared to me many years ago by one of my mentors. And what he explained to me was that you…
Ira KoretskyApril 2, 2018
I stumbled upon a tweet by the Mother Nature Network on laughter. It contained a link to an article on the results of a study by Sophie Scott, a neuroscientist…
Duane BaileyFebruary 27, 2018
In today's go-go-go world, people want and demand information to be on point. Once you get the reader's attention, you can then offer more details. People read about 200 to…
Dave MichaelsFebruary 12, 2018
I can still remember the poster I saw last year on the wall of the gym, alongside the basketball court. It featured a quote by Dennis and Wendy Mannering that…
Duane BaileyJanuary 23, 2018
Since first posting our list of the Top 50 Communication Mantras in 2011, the list has stayed relatively the same. With the various issues buzzing around all of us related…
Ira KoretskyJanuary 10, 2018
In this blog series, "Wisdom from," we look to successful leaders around the world, past and present, to see what insights they can share with us to make us better people,…
Ira KoretskyDecember 18, 2017
In my younger professional days, I had a lunch meeting with a more seasoned and more senior person than me. Let's call him James. As he was talking, I was…
Ira KoretskyNovember 6, 2017
Virtually every "Improve Communication" thesis I’ve read or presentation I’ve seen, deals in great depth with how to transmit what you want to say. They talk about your tone, projection,…
Guest AuthorSeptember 12, 2017