The Six Cs in SIXCOMMS stand for: Connection, Curiosity, Compassion, Clarity, Customization and Consistency. I'm Lisa, your host, and I believe these are the key ingredients to effective communication. Now more than ever, we need to put human connection first when communicating across all channels and platforms. This podcast explores all things to do with communicating in a work environment now. You will be able to pick up tips and techniques that will help you improve the way you communicat ...
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What is truth? This has become the defining question of our time. But while everyone has an opinion, truth, it seems, is getting harder and harder to find. Join New York Times best-selling author Lisa Bevere as she engages with leaders who will help you become adamant in pursuit of truth. For more information visit IAmAdamant.com. Note: The views expressed by guests in this podcast are theirs and do not necessarily reflect the views of Lisa Bevere or Messenger International.
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Episode 75: From Conflict to Curiosity: Transform How You Listen with Dr Jane Tuomola
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30:52Send us a text If you are looking for ways to have more productive and fulfilling conversations at your home or workplace, then this episode is for you! Dr Jane Tuomola, originally from the UK, is a Singapore-based therapist, coach, and trainer with over 20 years’ experience. She uses Solution Focused Practice to help clients create positive, goal-…
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Episode 74: Holding Space with Laura Yates
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31:01Send us a text If you lead meetings, workshops or gatherings for your clients, team members, or community; this episode is for you! Laura Yates, founder of The Hummingbird Life, is a joy ambassador and mental health activist with 20 years' experience. She helps people feel empowered and supported as they overcome what’s holding them back. Like her …
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Episode 73: Curiosity At Work with Kenny Toh
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25:23Send us a text If you're feeling stuck in your current role or simply want to reignite your passion for learning, this episode is a must-listen. Kenny Toh is an international leadership and organisational development consultant, facilitator, and executive coach with 30 years of experience. His career spans Accenture, founding multiple ventures, and…
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Episode 72: Space to Connect with Emily Gardner
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29:30Send us a text Whether you're a facilitator, a team leader or a manager or simply someone interested in improving how you create space for others to connect and feel comfortable contributing to discussions, this episode is for you! Emily Gardner is a trainer, facilitator and coach. She specialises in facilitation skills, and has equipped over 1000 …
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Episode 71: AI & Authenticity with Elizabeth Taylor
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27:35Send us a text If you would like to use AI and not lose your authentic voice, this episode is for you! Elizabeth Taylor is a digital marketing strategist and educator with more than 25 years of experience. She’s passionate about AI and continuous learning, she’s based in Singapore and runs an AI-powered digital marketing program and intensive AI co…
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Episode 70: How We Make Conversations Count - Learning Through Podcasting with Edric Poon
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46:16Send us a text Welcome to a special series ‘Conversations That Count’ featuring Singapore-based professionals. This sunny island has been my home since 2009, so I’m excited to shine a spotlight on the inspiring residents I share this sunny island with! About our guest: Edric Poon is the host of “Edric Poon In Company” – a home-grown podcast that fe…
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Episode 69: Finding Your Tribe with Paula & Rachel
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36:33Send us a text Welcome to a special series ‘Conversations That Count’ featuring Singapore-based professionals. This sunny island has been my home since 2009, so I’m excited to shine a spotlight on the inspiring residents I share this sunny island with! About our guests: Paula Barnes and Rachel Beausang are the hosts and producers of the Truly Expat…
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Episode 68: How to Connect with Courage with Dr. Damini Chawla
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36:53Send us a text Welcome to a special series ‘Conversations That Count’ featuring Singapore-based professionals. This sunny island has been my home since 2009, so I’m excited to shine a spotlight on the inspiring residents I share this sunny island with! About our guest: Dr. Damini Chawla is an award-winning professional speaker with a unique multi- …
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Episode 67: Closing the Empathy Gap with Kerry Chung
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32:00Send us a text Welcome to a special series ‘Conversations That Count’ featuring Singapore-based professionals. This sunny island has been my home since 2009, so I’m excited to shine a spotlight on the inspiring residents I share this sunny island with! About our guest: Kerry Chung is Group General Manager at the SUTL Group of Companies. He is the c…
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Episode 66: Resilient Strategies to Navigate the Social Media World with Manish Arneja
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29:32Send us a text Welcome to a special series ‘Conversations That Count’ featuring Singapore-based professionals. This sunny island has been my home since 2009, so I’m excited to shine a spotlight on the inspiring residents I share this sunny island with! About our guest: Manish is a professional speaker and coach in workplace resilience and human per…
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Episode 65: How to Speak the Language of Our Emotions with Nur Adam
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44:13Send us a text Welcome to a special series ‘Conversations That Count’ featuring Singapore-based professionals. This sunny island has been my home since 2009, so I’m excited to shine a spotlight on the inspiring residents I share this sunny island with! About our guest: Nur is a trauma recovery therapist at The Good Life Counselling, specializing in…
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Episode 64: From Stagnation to Action: Curiosity as Your Catalyst With Pearl Lim
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34:22Send us a text Welcome to a special series ‘Conversations That Count’ featuring Singapore-based professionals. This sunny island has been my home since 2009, so I’m excited to shine a spotlight on the inspiring residents I share this sunny island with! About our guest: Pearl is the Co-Founder of Curious Leaders Circle, a leadership development cons…
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Episode 63: How to Combat Communication Burnout With Nadiya Omar
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32:54Send us a text Welcome to a special series ‘Conversations That Count’ featuring Singapore-based professionals. This sunny island has been my home since 2009, so I’m excited to shine a spotlight on the inspiring residents I share this sunny island with! About our guest: Nadiya is a Media professional, helping brands in designing comms and media stra…
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Episode 62: From Successful Side Hustle to Self-Employed With Jun Han Chin
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26:17Send us a text Welcome to a special series ‘Conversations That Count’ featuring Singapore-based professionals. This sunny island has been my home since 2009, so I’m excited to shine a spotlight on the inspiring residents I share this sunny island with! About our guest: Jun Han is a visual storyteller who explains crucial ideas with simple visuals. …
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Episode 61: Your Net Worth is Your Network With Cindi Wirawan
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29:14Send us a text Welcome to a special series ‘Conversations That Count’ featuring Singapore-based professionals. This sunny island has been my home since 2009, so I’m excited to shine a spotlight on the inspiring residents I share this sunny island with! About our guest: Cindi is a renowned career coach, content creator, and professional speaker spec…
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Episode 60: The Clarity That Comes From Stopping With Farzana Deen
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35:58Send us a text Welcome to a special series ‘Conversations That Count’ featuring Singapore-based professionals. This sunny island has been my home since 2009, so I’m excited to shine a spotlight on the inspiring residents I share this sunny island with! About our guest: Farzana is the founder and director of The Desi Groove. Her entire life changed …
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Episode 59: Crafting Connections With Your Ideal Audience With Mangla Sachdev
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24:14Send us a text Welcome to a special series ‘Conversations That Count’ featuring Singapore-based professionals. This sunny island has been my home since 2009, so I’m excited to shine a spotlight on the inspiring residents I share this sunny island with! About our guest: Mangla has moved around the world (more than once!), and is a third culture kid.…
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Episode 58: Breaking The Money Taboos - Let's Talk Abundance! With Megha Singh
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32:52Send us a text Welcome to a special series ‘Conversations That Count’ featuring Singapore-based professionals. This sunny island has been my home since 2009, so I’m excited to shine a spotlight on the inspiring residents I share this sunny island with! About our guest: Megha Singh is the founder of B Inc Asia. Through her company, Megha has worked …
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Episode 57: Inner Critic with Caryn White
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36:46Send us a text If you are interested in learning more about how to empower yourself through boundaries and better manage your inner critic, this episode is definitely for you! About our guest: Caryn White is a Strategic Mentor, Professional Member of CPA (Australia) & Certified Coach. Her successful career spans finance, operations, and senior lead…
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Episode 56: Inclusive Spaces with Nikki Smit
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39:42Send us a text This is for you if you would like to ensure the spaces and meetings you facilitate and lead allow all voices to be heard. It highlights the needs of the neurodiverse community. About our guest: Nikki Smit is a neurodivergent occupational therapist with over 13 years’ experience, dedicated to inclusion and trauma-sensitive care. With …
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Episode 55: Walking in Nature to Forge Deeper Connections with Montse Castells
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21:50Send us a text Welcome to a special series ‘Conversations That Count’ featuring Singapore-based professionals. This sunny island has been my home since 2009, so I’m excited to shine a spotlight on the inspiring residents I share this sunny island with! About our guest: Montse Castells, is originally from Barcelona and has lived in London, Hong Kong…
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Episode 54: Confidence on Camera with Renee Ismail
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30:39Send us a text If you would like to show up more confidently on camera, this episode is for you! Renee Ismail, is a self-taught videographer and founder of PeachyPixx Productions, where she’s been crafting videos for the past decade. As a YouTube Creator, she finds joy in guiding fellow business owners through building an authentic presence on the …
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Special Series Episode 53: Climbing Everest - Unpacking Our Podcast Journey with Adventurer Rob Lilwall
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43:04Send us a text Welcome to the final episode of our special series, co-hosted by Melanie Staunton of Communicate! In this episode, we welcome adventurer Rob Lilwall who helps us unpack our podcast journey; our version of climbing Everest! About Our Guest Keynote speaker and facilitator Rob Lilwall has been empowering individuals and teams across the…
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Special Series Episode 52: The Results Are In! What Did Our Friendship Audit Reveal?
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25:05Send us a text In this episode, we share our key learnings from a challenge set by our previous guest, Simone. She invited us to participate in a friendship audit, where we reflected on how we felt after interacting with different people. One of the things we discovered, is that it’s important to take the time to consider how interactions with othe…
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Special Series Episode 51: The Importance of Human Connection with Simone Heng
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49:14Send us a text Welcome to the ninth episode of our special series, co-hosted by Melanie Staunton of Communicate! In this episode, we welcome the brilliant Simone Heng to the SIXCOMMS Podcast. We'll be exploring the topic of: The Importance of Human Connection. About Our Guest Simone Heng is based and was born in Singapore with over 15 years of expe…
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Special Series Episode 50: The Results Are In! What did our Global DISC Assessments reveal?
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25:24Send us a text In this episode, we share our key learnings from a challenge set by our previous guest, Csaba. He invited us to participate in a Global DISC Assessment and then debrief the results. One of the things we discovered is that despite having grown up in different countries, Lisa and I are very similar! Completing a Global DISC Assessment …
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Special Series Episode 49: Understanding & Navigating Cultural Norms with Csaba Toth
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39:57Send us a text Welcome to the seventh episode of our special series, co-hosted by Melanie Staunton of Communicate! In this episode, our guest is Csaba Toth and the topic is: Understanding and Navigating Cultural Norms. About Our Guest Csaba is an entrepreneur, coach, Forbes Coaches Council and Harvard Business Review Advisory Council member and the…
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Special Series Episode 48: The Results Are In! Did We Keep it Clean?
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32:03Send us a text In this episode, we share our key learnings from a challenge set by our previous guest, Jacqueline. She encouraged us to experiment with using a clean set up and also to try using clean questions. And the results were astonishing! One of the things we discovered is that using a clean set-up can help clarify the outcome you want to ac…
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Special Series Episode 47: Strategies for Difficult Conversations with Jacqueline Surin
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47:41Send us a text Welcome to the fifth episode of our special series, co-hosted by Melanie Staunton of Communicate! In this episode, we have the pleasure of welcoming the incredible Jacqueline Surin to the SIXCOMMS Podcast. We'll be exploring Strategies for Difficult Conversations. About Our Guest: Jacqueline Surin Jacqueline is an accredited Clean La…
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Special Series Episode 46: The Results Are In! Did We Become AI Converts?
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29:01Send us a text In this episode, we share our key learnings from a challenge set by our previous guest, Chris. She encouraged us to carry out 3 tasks using different AI tools - Canva Magic to create a social media post, Opus Clip for video editing and Otter AI for taking meeting notes. And let us tell you, the results were very interesting! One of t…
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Special Series Episode 45: Does AI Help or Hinder Our Communication Skills? with Chris Edwards
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44:47Send us a text Welcome to the third episode of our special series, co-hosted by Melanie Staunton of Communicate! In this episode, we have the pleasure of welcoming the incredible Chris Edwards to the SIXCOMMS Podcast. We'll be exploring the question: “Does AI Help or Hinder Our Communication Skills?” About Our Guest: Chris Edwards Chris is an award…
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Special Series Episode 44: The Results Are In! Did We Prove to be Good Feedback Seekers?
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16:39Send us a text In this episode, we share our key learnings from a challenge set by our guest, Veronica. She encouraged us to ask three people - a friend, family member, and client/collaborator - for feedback. And the results were eye-opening! One of the things we discovered is the importance of keeping open lines of dialogue. By creating a safe and…
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Special Series Episode 43: How To Capitalize on Constructive Feedback with Veronica Llorca-Smith
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29:27Send us a text Welcome to the first episode of our special series, co-hosted by Melanie Staunton of Communicate! In this episode, we have the pleasure of welcoming the incredible Veronica Llorca Smith to the SIXCOMMS Podcast. We'll be delving into the topic of "How Can We Capitalize on Constructive Feedback?" Before we dive in, if you haven't alrea…
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Episode 42: How the Outdoors Can Support More Meaningful Conversations with Garry Pratt
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40:28Send us a text Gary Pratt is the co-founder of an innovative sensor technology start-up and previously, an Entrepreneur in Residence and Teaching Fellow in Entrepreneurship at the University of Bath. He is also the co-founder of the Outside/community and Walking Leaders, where he serves as a mentor, facilitator and guide on walking expeditions inte…
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Episode 41: How to Get the Most from Your Team Meetings with Kirsty Lewis
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30:45Send us a text Kirsty Lewis is the founder of the School of Facilitation. She has a passion for all things learning and workshops, right down to the best type of marker pen to use! She likes nothing more than helping her clients create and deliver learning that has us, the humans, at the heart of it. In this episode, we talk about how we can get th…
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Episode 40: How to Use Thinking Routines to Facilitate More Engaging Meetings with Claire Bown
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34:21Send us a text Claire Bown is a trainer, facilitator and museum educator in Amsterdam. Claire loves teaching people techniques and tools such as slow looking and thinking routines to help them engage and connect with art, audiences and ideas. In this episode, I ask Claire: What are thinking routines? What are the benefits of using them when facilit…
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Episode 39: Sharing Your Story to Build Connection with Antonia Varbanova
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37:48Send us a text Connection is the focus of this episode and how we can connect with others by sharing our story. This episode follows on from the last one, episode 38 How to Use Storytelling to Enhance our Networking Skills with Ana, so please do tune into that one if you haven’t already! Public speaking was something that Antonia skillfully avoided…
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Episode 38: How to Use Storytelling to Enhance Our Networking Skills with Ana Sousa Gavin
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31:01Send us a text In-person networking events are an essential part of running a successful business; getting out there and connecting with other entrepreneurs, potential collaborators and clients. However, the mere mention of “networking" and "elevator pitch" make me feel somewhat uncomfortable and I know I'm not alone in this! So I wondered if we ap…
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Episode 37: How to Get From Complexity to Clarity with Jade Miller
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31:40Send us a text We have access to so much information and data at our fingertips! So it's a common challenge when writing at work or preparing a presentation to not be able to decide what information and data to use. It all seems important! So how do we decide what to include and what to leave out? How do we make sure that what we are saying is deta…
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Episode 36 Communicating Compassionately with Ourselves with Mary Barrett
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32:11Send us a text Mary says: “If you imagine yourself as the battery of a mobile phone, you wouldn’t dream of not charging that mobile phone every day, but how often are we being pro-active about charging ourselves?” And, “it’s not being sel-fish to take care of ourselves it is being self-full” and the more we communicate compassionately with ourselve…
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Episode 35: Embracing Feedback with Melanie Staunton
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33:07Send us a text Honing your communication skills is something we never stop learning, and getting feedback on what our strengths and areas to improve are is an essential part of that learning process. However, who can genuinely say that they embrace feedback openly and positively? Who considers it a welcome part of their professional development? I …
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Episode 34: How Being Curious Enhances Communication with Cross-cultural Teams with Febronia Ruocco
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28:58Send us a text Being curious about different cultures is what Febronia and I have in common, so it was a pleasure to talk to her and hear about her personal and professional experiences in working and communicating with a range of people with diverse cultural backgrounds. It is her insatiable curiosity that drives her to connect with others, fuelli…
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Episode 33: Mind The Communication Gap with Mushtaq Osmani
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34:43Send us a text This episode came about because both Mush and I listened to the interview between Steven Bartlett and Julian Treasure on The Diary of a CEO Podcast. The title of that episode was: How to Speak so Everyone Hears You. In fact, unlike the title, a lot of the episode talks about the need for us all to be better listeners. Both Mush and I…
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Episode 32: The Art of Negotiating & Questioning with Nicholas King
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35:39Send us a text Both Nick and I love this quote by Stephen Covey which is "seek first to understand, and then to be understood,” this is critical when trying to develop positive relationships and essential when negotiating. Nick shares that nowadays the phrase, people do business with people they know, like and trust needs to be extended to people i…
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Episode 31: Adapting to Different Communication Personality Types with Mel Loy
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31:45Send us a text My curiosity was sparked when I saw a link to a communication personality type quiz Mel posted on LinkedIn. Like a lot of people, I can’t resist a personality quiz so I completed the quiz and was even more curious to discover that I was a "Lone Brainstormer." In this episode, Mel will share more on what it means to be a "Lone Brainst…
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Episode 30: Communicating with Gravitas with Jill Ellul
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33:12Send us a text Jill's post on LinkedIn entitled 'The Gravitas Cocktail,' caught my attention and brought her here today. If you’re looking to speak with more authority and gravitas then this episode is definitely for you! Jill will unpack the six essential ingredients to make a flavorful and perfectly-balanced “Gravitas Cocktail” that you can use i…
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Episode 29: Three Simple Ways to Spark Curiosity & Conversation
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6:52Send us a text In this episode, I delve into one of The Six Cs of Effective Communication which is Curiosity. I draw inspiration from the book "The Squiggly Career" by Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis, who explore how nurturing curiosity can future-proof your career. You will get practical tips that you can use for yourself and with your team that will…
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Episode 28: Communicating with Agility, Not Perfection with Victoria Rennoldson
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36:46Send us a text I was drawn to a phrase Victoria uses a lot which is Communicating with Agility. Or, in other words Agile Communication. She works with mid to senior level professionals who are often working in English as their second language and they would like to strive for perfect communication. But as she quite rightly points out we can’t becom…
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Episode 27: Writing to Progress Your Career with Dr. Sorelle Henricus
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37:44Send us a text In this episode, Sorelle shares with us some top tips on how to approach and write your Linkedin Profile, CV and Cover Letter. I love the way Sorelle describes the LinkedIn profile as your “digital body language”. If you want to grab the attention of potential employers or professionals to network with, make sure you listen to the to…
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Episode 26: How to Curate & Communicate Your Personal Brand with Darren Thayre
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37:05Send us a text This episode comes at the start of a New Year and what better time to start thinking about our personal brand and how we want to communicate that to the world. So what is a personal brand? Darren thinks it’s: “how you project yourself, your values and how you want the world to perceive you.” Thinking about your personal brand might s…
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