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What Do You Need – Leadership Characteristics

What LEADERSHIP CHARACTeristics Do You Need to be successful? In your career, you may find yourself responsible for leading and managing other people. There are a number ...

How to Give Great Presentations

How to Give Great Presentations When giving a presentation, there are four areas to consider to ensure that your audience gets the most value. These are: content, visual...

Pet Peeves

Does it bother you when people butcher the English Language, or make mistakes that could be avoided? For example: Do you find it irksome that the United States call...

Delegation👉 Why do some Leaders try to do everything themselves?

noun   del·e·ga·tion   \ de-li-ˈgā-shən \  : the act of giving control, authority, a job, a duty, etc., to another person Have...

Fifteenth Birthday – Thank You

Improving Communications is 15 years old! That’s a significant accomplishment. The Small Business Association claims that 30% of new businesses fail during the first tw...

Avoid Filler Words and Verbal Tics

When speaking in front of an audience, it can be very easy to fall back on filler words and verbal tics.  You probably don't even know that you are doing it! It...

Riding Retro With Billy Joel

A Modern Ride, With Classic Pride In “a town known as Oyster Bay, Long Island,” stands a storefront called 20th Century Cycles, owned by Billy Joel. This internation...

Kasim Sulton: One Word—Focus

Kasim Sulton is a bass guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist, best known for his work with Todd Rundgren and Utopia. He has worked with many varied musical acts, includin...

Happy Thanksgiving! (Gratitude)

Gratitude, Defined   This week's reminder comes from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. It's the definition of "Gratitude." How you look at the world will af...