Communication Tool for Creating Family Rules
After one of my communications workshops at the Florida Recreation and Parks Association, Barbie Van Camp, CTRS, CPRP, from St. Petersburg Parks and Recreation approached me with a great tool for creating family rules. She learned it from working with the Girl Scouts, and it’s a simple way to improve communication between family members and provide a structure to help families function better. (more…)
How to Write Effective Email Subject Lines
Do people read and respond to your emails?
According to AtTask, U.S. employees of large-sized companies (1000 employees or more) spend about 14 percent of their workweek on email. With such a large amount of our time devoted to sending electronic messages, it’s important that we learn all we can about how to email effectively and efficiently. Creating powerful subject lines is one important skill. (more…)
Receiving Negative Feedback: Separating the Message from the Messenger
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if every time someone wanted to give you feedback, they did so in a perfect way? They had perfect timing, the perfect tone of voice and perfect wording so that you would immediately know what to do and how to do it. Here imagine yourself singing, “Communications Kumbaya” while everyone holds hands. Well good luck! (more…)
Receiving Feedback: Too Many Spoons in the Sink!
This is a story about receiving feedback. Feedback that I didn’t want to hear and didn’t ask for. (more…)
Stop Start and Continue: a Helpful Feedback Exercise
Are you looking for a quick way to get feedback from your team? The Stop Start and Continue Feedback Exercise allows you to do just that– to get good, solid, meaningful feedback that you can immediately put to use to improve productivity and effectiveness. (more…)
64 Phrases to Brighten Every Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is here and now is a great time to remind mothers everywhere of how important they are. Here’s a list of positive phrases to share year round – phrases guaranteed to remind any Mom that she’s special. (more…)
