Why Effective Communication Strategies Are Essential To Work Successfully

Effective communication is key to success no matter what industry you work in. Good communicators can encourage two-way dialogue, discuss critical issues, exchange information, build trust, and engage people in the mission of the business. As a result, effective communication skills are essential for anyone who wants to advance their career.  

Good communication is also essential to reducing conflicts in the workplace. Employees expressing themselves clearly and listening to each other can prevent misunderstandings that lead to ...

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The Three Major Principles in Conflict

The sad thing about life is when people realize that it is too late to fix an issue. These are issues that they can avoid, especially involving their loved ones.

Value, family, and emotional conflicts go on like they have no end and are never a good thing. Unfortunately for most, it’s a cycle that seems impossible to break.

Conflict is a part of life. It can arise in any individual’s personal and professional interactions with ...

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A POEM FOR THIS TIME

 

OPPORTUNITY

Where is this going this virus thing
Has us all reflect on all the bling
What’s really important in life
What really protects from all the strife

What are lessons you can learn
More important than what you earn
Who are the guides that help you get through
Who has answers to design something new

As we contend with mass dislocation
What is the something to provide elation
Who has perspective and wise self-talk
When asked to step in they do not ...

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Arguetainment

I want to speak about the media, and I do not mean the fake media, we already have enough people talking about that. I’m talking about the rampant punditry and the unfortunate under reporting of factual information from which consumers of reported factual information might make their own assessments about what has or is happening, what it means to them and how it does or does not reflect their own political beliefs and biases.

Unfortunately today’s news generally comes prepackaged according ...

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Add Your Light to the Sum of Light – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Hope you are enjoying the summer. Can’t believe the conversation has already turned to the beginning of school…time marches on! I’m just going to stay in a summertime mindset through October! So be it…      – Stewart

 

PTS

Recently my step-daughter sent me the following link to a piece about PTS. My essential conclusion after reflecting on it is that we are all living with some degree of PTS.  http://tinyurl.com/pahm22j

I responded:

That’s the umpteenth piece I’ve read or was mentioned ...

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Reflections

Martha Fay Africa and Stewart LevineSorry to be absent for so long. My beloved wife Marty died on January 21. She was an extraordinary woman. Just Google Martha Fay Africa if you want to know why.  I miss her and life relentlessly goes on.

I can’t believe it’s been ...

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CONTEXT CONTEXT CONTEXT

 

I recently spent three weeks traveling in Japan. Of course I was on holiday so I was without the usual level of push and drive and drive to get things done. That said there were a number of factors in the context in which I was living that contributed to my sense of well-being.  These struck me as both things I observed that were present and those that were absent. In no particular order of importance here are the factors I observed and ...

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The Truth Does Not Always Set You Free

A question I am frequently asked in my workshops is how to achieve an attitude of resolution where people have dug in their heels, or they have a difficult personality, or they have more power in the situation than you have. This is a subject many people find challenging and frustrating. There are no easy answers, and sometimes people won’t budge, but here are the  suggestions that have worked for me:
 
  1. Honor ...
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SPIT HAPPENS

Conflict as an Ordinary and Expected Phenomenon

When I listen to businesspeople and lawyers talk, I usually hear them speaking about the problems and issues that upset, concern, or worry them.

Many people have difficulty accepting that life is filled with surprises, conflict, disappointment, unmet expectations, and change. These things happen?consistently and predictably. This phenomenon was elegantly expressed by an infant I once saw at an airport. Mom was preparing the child for a feeding, and she pulled out a beautiful embroidered ...

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Adversarial Politics Does Not Work

That’s not actually accurate…it does work for the media, tv stations airing ads, the pundits and everyone committed to being right. It does not work for all the thoughtful and concerned people who want to see an effective and efficient electoral process and governance. Unfortunately there is no alternative so people like me just watch as the theatre of the absurd plays out. Make no mistake – I care deeply about people and the political process. Unfortunately the US elections ...

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