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Challenging Conversations—Tackling Risk

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These conversations are limited to bottom-line issues. The conversation can easily devolve into unproductive speculation. Evaluating where the blind spots lie in your organization is one way to begin approaching these difficult conversations. They also need to find the time and opportunities for these conversations to occur.

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Build a Successful Team, Know Where Your People Thrive

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Do you know where greater diversity in thought and attitude is needed and what type of people would complement the current mix of personalities? She was so protective of “her” data that she had trouble inviting anyone who she deemed less knowledgeable into the conversation. The key to leadership in the digital age is empathy.

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International Leadership, Women’s Issues, and Branding—A Conversation With Allison K. Summers, CAE

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Our discussion about the Summit Award launched a wide-ranging conversation. As a new entrepreneur, I urged her to take advantage of the opportunity to meet people who might become customers. Allison’s first book “Connect to Influence,” offers advice for people whose palms turn cold at the thought of being alone in the crowd. “I

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How To Make Conversations Healthy And Productive Dialogues

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Collis , a leading expert on civil discourse, reveals ten practical habits that can help you navigate the potential minefields of hard topics and leave you and those you converse with feeling thoughtful and productive. When to deploy tight, slightly self-deprecating humor to lower the conversational temperature.

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Recap: Nonprofits & AI – A Conversation with Devi Thomas

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I was thrilled to have a conversation with Devi Thomas from Microsoft Philanthropies. Create small low risk experiments to answer the question: does this use case make sense for our organization? And because they use natural language processing, it makes it easier to use because you can have a conversation versus navigating menus.

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How To Tap Into The Hidden Wisdom Of People Around You

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“Too often, we don’t find out what’s truly on others’ hearts and minds because we don’t know how to ask the right questions in the right ways,” explains Jeff Wetzler , author of the new book, ASK. Also, by asking more questions you’ll help break down barriers, resolve challenges, encourage collaboration, and imagine new ways of doing things.

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How To Become A Conversational Superstar

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Using five simple code words, you can verbally reach people with what they are expecting from you,” explain the authors. The Communication Code book helps you set up conversations and communication in a way that creates a win-win scenario for everyone involved. Maximize your situational awareness and collaborate like a pro.