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In my late twenties, fear stalled me in my work. Now I have the career of my dreams doing the very thing that caused me the most anxiety! It was the all-consumi...
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This blog was written for Improving Communications by guest blogger Jeff Goldberg. We’ve all been there…a terrific series of meetings with a prospect who, after s...
At the end of a Presentation Skills class I instructed last week, Wrapping up, I asked the audience if there were any final questions. One attendee raised h...
We were forwarded a Wall Street Journal article about grammar in the workplace. It's was so spot-on, that we had to share this paragraph below with y...
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