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Face to face, shoulder to shoulder

Face to face Shoulder to shoulder Toe to toe Elbow room Heart to heart   Our language is full of phrases that describe what it feels like to be physically near one another. They evoke our need to be together in person. When we work shoulder to shoulder, we know that the whole team is …

Making (fake) eye contact

There is no eye contact in video conferences. This is a major way that we establish trust and build relationships, so the lack of eye contact is a pretty big deal. So here’s a tip: Look in the camera. Well, first, make sure you know where your camera is! Then, when you’re presenting or when …

It’s not enough to talk.

Sending your voice out over the nearest technology isn’t enough to make a connection. It isn’t enough to establish trust, or to share vulnerability.   We can do that more naturally in person, and when we can’t be in person, we have to work harder to connect. We have to rise to the occasion, to …

Calling all voices

Why do we speak? What need are we fulfilling? It can be as simple as wanting the salt shaker to be moved closer to you, or as dire as needing to alert the people around you that your boat is sinking, but we always speak to fulfill a need. The need to connect, the desire …

Calling all extroverts

Hi to all extroverts! I’m glad to know you! Some of my favorite people are extroverts.   This is a little note I’m slipping into your hand to tell you some truths about the people around you who aren’t like you—the introverts.   There are some myths going around about introverts—that they’re shy, they don’t …

What to do when you can’t Zoom any more…

Are you finding your energy waning as the day goes on? Need to inject some pep into your fifth Zoom call of the day? Ignite coach Neela Muñoz has a great tip!  

The most important thing about talking

The most important thing about talking is listening.  Put less glibly, the most important aspect of communication is listening.   How do we listen more fully, more actively?   And right now, how can we make sure we’re listening to people when we aren’t in the same place and we all have a lot on …

When can you start again?

Sometimes we think that once we’ve started, we can’t start again. We can be quite linear, so we imagine that “Start” is in one place and we have to just keep going until we reach “End.”   That’s rarely true. As always, we have to keep our objective in mind. Is the objective “to keep …

What’s that behind you?

When you go to a play or watch a TV show, the environment you’re seeing on stage or screen has been carefully selected. The music playing as you take your seat, the books on a bookshelf, the wallpaper, the collar of a shirt—it’s all in service of the story you’re being told.   When you …

What Shakespeare knew

Well, Shakespeare knew a lot of things. But the one I’m talking about today is this—Shakespeare knew that his audiences were busy. They had a lot going on, even while they were watching his plays. They were eating and chatting, and many of them were on their feet. When they were attending plays at the …

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