In business, everyone has a story to tell. In this context, I’m not talking about fairy tales or fictional stories that are simply meant to entertain. I’m talking about crafting a narrative that showcases your unique strengths, talents, and value. I’ve thought about this topic a lot after watching an interesting Ted talk by Carla Harris. She […]
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Our strengths are powerful — until we overdo them. What’s an overdone strength? Basically, it’s the old adage that too much of a good thing can backfire. In fact, when we rely on a strength so much that we don’t see when we’re overdoing it, it can be perceived as an annoyance, and even worse,
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Cara Macksoud is on a mission to educate people — especially today’s youth — about their relationships with money. On this episode of Convey, we talk about conversations (and confessions) about saving, investing, debt, and the lifelong learning that is required to have a healthy relationship with money. We also discuss the taboo and shame that
We are bombarded with messages every day from brands, employers, colleagues, clients, friends, and family members. With so much coming our way through our screens, it’s understandable that we begin to tune out the noise—anything that we don’t deem worthy of our attention. Yet attention is what you need when you want to motivate, inspire,
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There’s a difference between doing something efficiently and taking a shortcut. In business, taking a shortcut almost always means delivering something inferior, but more quickly or less expensively. The same is true in communication. Shortcuts make it inferior and less impactful. They open the door to misunderstanding, frustration, and mistakes. All of these are costly
