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		<title>The Art of Conversation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Effective Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conversation is the way we express thoughts and feelings.  It is also how we bring dreams and ideas into being.  We first start with an idea, then we share the idea, then we brainstorm on how to bring the idea into fruition, and it then takes conversation… or communication… to make the idea into a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Non-Verbal Communication… Pulling it All Together</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have looked at a number of non-verbal communication techniques in earlier blogs this week.  In addition to Paralinguistics, Proxemics, and Haptics, here are four additional non-verbal communication behaviors that often speak more loudly than words: Facial Expression:  This is one of the most important and most easily recognized non-verbal communication.   Did your mother ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Communication Through Touching… Haptic Communication</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Inneractive Consulting Insights</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another important piece of communication is haptic communication, or communicating via touch.  This is another powerful non-verbal communication style that is very important in humans (as well as animals).  Equally important is knowing the protocol of touch in various social, political, or professional settings. Managers must know the rules of touching when communication with subordinates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Non-Verbal Communication… Proxemics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Inneractive Consulting Insights</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Effective Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cultural differences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judy W Bell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non-verbal communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another interesting communication concept is the study of proxemics, which is simply the perception of body spacing and postures.  Under the rules of proxemics, the physical distance between people are relative to the relationship they share.   In order to avoid a social or professional faux pas, it is recommended that you do not share space [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Paralinguistics is Showing</title>
		<link>http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/your-paralinguistics-is-showing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Inneractive Consulting Insights</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Effective Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[body language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflection tone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judy W Bell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non-verbal communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How much of your message is non-verbal?   A great deal!   In fact people respond more to your body language than your words.   In addition to body language, we communicate through paralinguistics.   This is the part of our spoken words that are not the words themselves. Four ways in which we communicate paralinguistically: Loudness Pitch Inflection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to Make Yourself Indispensable?</title>
		<link>http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/want-to-make-yourself-indispensable/</link>
		<comments>http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/want-to-make-yourself-indispensable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Inneractive Consulting Insights</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[EQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive Coach]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mind sets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Coach]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/?p=1953</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people think they are indispensable.  Most people are not!     The workforce of today and tomorrow requires skill sets and mind sets that will be instrumental to personal and business success. Here are 16 creative ways to make you indispensable.  If not to your current employer, to someone else who is looking for new talent. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organizational Silos are Deadly</title>
		<link>http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/organizational-silos-are-deadly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Inneractive Consulting Insights</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[environmental effects]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New York Times]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[safety concerns addressed on oil spill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We all keep hearing about the tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico and the negative effects on the environment that will be years before they are fully known.  Less talked about are the tragic deaths of the workers on the oil rig. Even less attention has been given to the organizational behavior that is being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toxic Talk Killing Your People Skills?</title>
		<link>http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/toxic-talk-killing-your-people-skills/</link>
		<comments>http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/toxic-talk-killing-your-people-skills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Inneractive Consulting Insights</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Effective Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judy W Bell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[list of toxic words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[negative goal setting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an over-abundance of toxic talk lately.   Economy, joblessness, unemployment, underemployment… So, what is toxic talk?  Toxic talk, whether expressed internally or externally, is conversations that are poisonous.  Yes, conversations can act as poison. In mid-evil times poison was placed on arrows that were then were poised and strung into bows to kill the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Collaboration…What’s that?</title>
		<link>http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/collaboration%e2%80%a6what%e2%80%99s-that/</link>
		<comments>http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/collaboration%e2%80%a6what%e2%80%99s-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Inneractive Consulting Insights</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Effective Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judy W Bell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Listening skills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes the word “collaboration” brings up negative connotations.  Many times the negative connotations come from opposing sides of the perceptions people have of the word itself.  Some people will bristle at the word because they think it means to give in or compromise (passivity.) The reverse thinking gives rise to negative connotations when yet others [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Barriers to Effective Communication</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voss Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Effective Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active listening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barriers to effective communication]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eye contact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voss Graham]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why is it so difficult for people to use effective communication techniques? It seems to me that people must be studying how to be ineffective communicators! And within organizations, lack of communication is always in the top three of issues for the organization. So what are the barriers to effective communication? Here is a list [...]]]></description>
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