Workplace Communication Riddle of the Week:When Is A Chair Not Just a Chair?

Here’s a riddle for you this week… When is a chair not just a chair? ...

Conscious Communicator Tip #37:’Tis the Season, But This One Rarely Comes With Gifts

So, what season am I talking about? It’s the Annual Performance Review Season, right? Yes, ...

Conscious Communicator Tip #35:A Communication Strategy to Instantly Build Trust With Your Team

Communication is THE defining success factor on teams of any kind. Communication gets blamed for ...

Conscious Communicator Tip #34:How to Respectfully Interrupt to Build Trust & Power Relationships

After my seminar at the Project Management Institute’s Austin, Texas Professional Development Day last week ...

Conscious Communicator Tip #33:These Power Phrases Will Allow You To Communicate to Influence

Power Words also come in phrases and can be used to influence. Our lazy communication ...

Conscious Communicator Tip #32:Communicating Like My New Toaster-Over

We recently purchased a new toaster oven for our kitchen and it was long overdue. ...

Conscious Communicator Tip #31″Behold the Truth, It Comes After the ‘BUT!'”

Yesterday, an employee of the convention center, whose name was Eileen, came up to me ...

Leaders Need to Take Control of Interruptions (strategically & courteously, of course) (

An article in the Wall St. Journal the other day (see The Biggest Office Interruptions ...

Conscious Communicator Power Word #60CANDID

This week’s 2nd Power Word is the type of communication a leader must master to ...

Conscious Communicator Power Word #59 – CLARITY (

This week’s 1st Power Word is vital for effective communication, yet isn’t always provided, CLARITY! ...