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		<title>Organizational Silos are Deadly</title>
		<link>http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/2010/07/30/organizational-silos-are-deadly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Bell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BP Gulf crisis]]></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/2010/03/16/toxic-talk-killing-your-people-skills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Effective Communication]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[list of toxic words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[negative goal setting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toxic personality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toxic talk]]></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/2010/03/15/collaboration%e2%80%a6what%e2%80%99s-that/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Bell</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>
		<category><![CDATA[People 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>
		<link>http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/2010/01/13/seven-barriers-to-effective-communication/</link>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[Behavioral Styles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eye contact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voss Graham]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/?p=1480</guid>
		<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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		<title>What Are People Skills?</title>
		<link>http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/2009/07/30/what-are-people-skills/</link>
		<comments>http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/2009/07/30/what-are-people-skills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voss Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Effective Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improving People Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interpersonal Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Six Key Elements to People Skills]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/?p=1086</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While discussing the potential of certain employees with a HR manager, a question was raised by the HR Manager… What Are People Skills? At first, this sounded like a simplistic question yet the more we discussed it, the more complex it became. So, let&#8217;s take a look at this key term &#8211; People Skills. There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selling is All about Effective Communication</title>
		<link>http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/2009/06/01/selling-is-all-about-effective-communication/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voss Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Effective Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flexible Selling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales Tip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selling to People the way they want to buy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/?p=853</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, selling is all about effective communication. Just ask any sales person who has failed to say the right things or said the wrong things to a customer or prospect. Delivering the right message that the customer can understand is the goal of effective communication. Sell to people the way they want to buy. People [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June is Effective Communication Month</title>
		<link>http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/2009/05/29/june-is-effective-communication-month/</link>
		<comments>http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/2009/05/29/june-is-effective-communication-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 10:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voss Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Effective Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ECR Guy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[June is Effective Communication Month]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/?p=848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, June is the official month for Effective Communication. So why dedicate a whole month to effective communication? Based upon my experiences I can vote for a yearly promotion for effective communication. &#8220;Effective communication is all about delivering the same message you send to the receiver. Now that seems as simple as simple can be, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership and Change go Hand in Hand</title>
		<link>http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/2009/05/11/leadership-and-change-go-hand-in-hand/</link>
		<comments>http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/2009/05/11/leadership-and-change-go-hand-in-hand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 10:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voss Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Effective Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Effective Leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goals and Outcomes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Managing Change]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I was asked what was the key factor in successful change. My knee jerk answer was leadership. Then we discussed the impact of leadership upon change. It is a factor that you must have in your organization is there is a need for significant change. Strong and effective leaders known the status quo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lose the Word &#8220;WHY&#8221; When Questioning Others</title>
		<link>http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/2009/05/06/lose-the-word-why-when-questioning-others/</link>
		<comments>http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/2009/05/06/lose-the-word-why-when-questioning-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 10:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voss Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Effective Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eliminating Why in Questions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a communication tip, you need to lose the word &#8220;WHY&#8221; when asking questions of others. This rule of thumb is to be used if you prefer to have objective discussions like two adults. When you use Why as the first word in the question, you are creating a potential emotional reaction. When a person [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Listening? It&#8217;s a Core Skill.</title>
		<link>http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/2009/04/28/are-you-listening-its-a-core-skill/</link>
		<comments>http://insights.inneractiveconsulting.com/2009/04/28/are-you-listening-its-a-core-skill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voss Graham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Effective Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Listening filter systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Listening skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural strengths and weaknesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Questioning skills]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Listening a core skill. Do you listen to people? More importantly, do you really hear what they are saying? My experience says that most people are not really listening to what is being said without some type of filter system. Yes, a filter system is what I said. There are four types of filter systems [...]]]></description>
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