Mindset

What is mindset and why it is important to becoming a master communicator?

Mindset is a set of attitudes you have. A communication mindset is your thinking processes in how to approach an interaction, meeting, presentation etc.

Mindset is important because quality of your mindset correlates with the quality of your communication delivery.

Master your mindset with this collection of articles.

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Fooling Ourselves: The One Question Every Leader Should Ask

How to Build an Undefeated Mind

The Power of Simplicity: Why Clear Messaging Matters More Than Ever

How to network without feeling dirty

Your first meeting, as a leader of a new team, is crucial

Knowledge versus Data

Do you take the emotion out of your communication?

How to avoid ‘verbal diarrhoea’

Even surgeons require coaching

Why you should seek an honest critic

When using a story can have negative consequences

Conquer fear when presenting

This golfing tip will make you a better communicator

Success and the art of deep thinking

Powerful, subtle techniques to ‘own a room’

Here’s how to feel more comfortable with small talk

A better alternative for “Thanks for having me”

How to approach the job market with confidence

Want an engaging conversation? Make sure to ask these two questions

Passion sells – How to engage and excite your listeners

Q&A is not the time to make a speech

Ask this question after every senior exec meeting

How to confidently ask a senior exec for help

Dropbox founder Drew Houston on what to do with feedback

Analysis of Optus CEO’s response to cyber attack

How well do you sell your ideas?

Lessons on ‘How to Speak’ from luminary MIT Professor

How top leaders welcome feedback

Is visualisation undermining you achieving your goals?

Where fear gets its power

Launching my Social Responsibility for seniors

Do you ask enough questions?

The danger of saying “I let my work speak for itself”

A simple way to handle a tedious conversation

Impactful quotations to improve how you communicate

How to kick-start your presentation

The key reason why Boris Johnson is still U.K. Prime Minister

Difficult conversations in the post-pandemic era

How to sustain your competitive advantage

How to move past ‘feeling inauthentic’ when communicating

How sharp is your belief in yourself?

Give your audience a reason to listen

Can people set their clock by what you say?

My three, top tips for more productive hybrid meetings

If you’re hesitant to ask for help – you’re an amateur

Leadership lessons from psychopaths

Do you have a policy for hybrid meetings?

Performance contributes only 10% to career growth

When was the last time you reviewed your leadership principles?

When you open Q&A – never use this question

Stop DAYDREAMING & stay PRESENT with this tip

Why you CHOKE & what to DO about it

LeBron James & Kobe Bryant’s Coach on Winning a Pitch

5 top tips for PRESENTING to your BOARD

My simple process to AVOID being INTERRUPTED

HOW a DOCTOR’S, exam prep TIPS can HELP you

Are YOU a LEADER or a BUREAUCRAT?

The DANGER of PREconceived NOTIONS

Do you HAVE a FEAR of being INTERRUPTED?

The WORDS You Speak, MATTER

Executives: Can YOU Be Compassionate and DEMANDING?

All AGREEMENTS are with YOURSELF

J. Seinfeld’s POWER Strategy YOU can USE right AWAY

CAN you HELP? My One, BIG Beautiful QUESTION

34 MISTAKES I see EXECUTIVES make

KEYS to BRINGing out the BEST in YOURSELF and others

FOUR minutes = a FULL Day

DO you SQUANDER Your First HOUR?

Are YOU a GREAT Simplifier?

VIDEO: Communication TIPs when WEARING a face MASK

EVERY TIME you SPEAK, you’re AUDITIONING for leadership

HOW to ‘SELL’ yourself and your MESSAGE – James SPADER

Job INTERVIEW? Do you KNOW how to NAIL the CRUCIAL first 7 minutes

HOW to HAVE an UNDEFEATED mind

WHY being ASSERTIVE in VIDEO meetings, PAYS-off

What’s the BEST facial EXPRESSION to ENTER with?

LEARN how NOT, to DAYDREAM

Will the handshake SURVIVE?

How to MAKE your VOICE sound FRESH & NEW

LEADERSHIP tips from former TWITTER MD

REQUIRED reading for LEADERS – E. Shackleton’s LESSONS

PM Morrison’s STATESMANLIKE presentation

WORDS of HOPE for a Panicked WORLD

5 PROVEN tips for PRESENTING to your BOARD

Do you MAKE this MISTAKE in the BOARDROOM?

TIP for ‘NEW to Australia’, NON-English EXECUTIVES

What MATTERS is WHAT the ‘customer’ PERCEIVES’, pt.2

B. Hartzer – what matters is what the ‘customer’ perceives

Create QUESTIONS to enliven your CURIOUSITY

How DEEPLY do you UNDERSTAND your DOMAIN?

People can SEE your COMB-OVER

CEO Wisdom – DISTILLED

STOP Press: NEW Video – PLAN and DELIVER memorable presentations

GENERAL C. Powell’s BEST under-PRESSURE techniques

‘MIRACLE on the Hudson’ SULLY’S daily deposit LESSON

Proven STEPS to CHOOSE a COACH

Are you a ‘PRE-PACKAGED’ leader?

Are you one of those SERIOUS looking executives?

“What people say and do in the most innocent situations . . .

Your speaking less so make it count when you do

Power and preparation steps before your ask for a raise

Four posts to prompt a positive mindset

Wind, Passenger, Anchor metaphor – which one are you?

Process for knowing if you have a self-serving bias

Don’t depress your grandkids – Give yourself a voiceLIFT

Three hard to say sentences that execs don’t say enough

BDMs – ‘How do I fool myself . . . ‘

How to judge if you need your ego stroked

Are you pursuing authenticity at a cost?

Why aim fire – aim fire has replaced ready, aim fire

How being overly positive can get your in to trouble

Gauging how to give and receive feedback techniques

The danger of always being too positive

How to have an undefeated mind

Three questions that will tell you what your people think of you

Wind, Passenger, Anchor metaphor – which one are you?

Is a bias for taking action costing you?

Have a higher type of conviction inspired by A Lincoln

A technique to counter an oversized ego

The cost of bad manners that are not highlighted

What’s most important about you commuicatin at work? 26 responses

Learn how your career will be defined

Learn an Aboriginal lesson about not being threatened by silence

What gets senior execs riled up

If you want to be successful be a believable messenger

The value of letting other people blow their stack

The danger of being overly optimistic

Learn why telling the truth is not a tactic

How to assume the buyer mentality when you’re with a prospect

Do you believe this is the end?

Three simple questions to answer regarding a potential relationship

Why you should praise effort versus intelligence

Maintain these relationship for when you job is no more

A quote to ponder to help you lift your game

Transparency – People can see your comb-over

10 questions to answer before giving up on a drea

A sharp message to ‘toughen you up’ from 50 cent

What’s needed to know something in a deep versus shallow way

Where senior execs miscue when reaching the corner office

How to teach others so you learn too

Words and syntax for an unresponsive prospect

The power of ‘The universe rewards action’

9 enduring principles for running a successful enterprise

A great question to ask yourself before speaking

Ways to increase your willpower

Solve many of your problems with 10 phone calls per day

Dig your well before you’re thirsty, explained

Why senior execs should buy their people lunch

The worth of ‘small wins’

A practical email template that will get you authentic feedback

A powerful habit of highly productive people

A true story on being courageous and not waiting for permission

A way to reduce management speak

Why seeking out ‘loving critics’ pays off

A message to help you when you don’t seem to be improving

An easy way to understand what you’re clients think of you

Why you need to learn with a process – not an event

A great question to counter your overconfidence

How to lead when you’re not the boss

Why being serious doesn’t mean being intelligent

Here’s my best customer service experience

The best verus worst presenters – the key difference

Why leaders should be a ‘Beacon of hope’

Senior execs responses to, ‘What’s the first job of a leader?’

Attract versus pursue success explained

Why repeated practice makes you better, not false

Why deepening yourself can make you’re a better leader

Here an easy way to practice for informal interaction with senior execs

J. Rohn’s timeless message. Work harder on yourself than on your job

Do you talk/don’t talk from nervousness?

A simple technique to make a strong connection with people

An imagery technique for being better presenter

A system to wrtie down your wins

Here’s key knowledge to have before giving feedback

Why talent is overrated

Good Salespeople Make themselves | AFR

Handling fear in sales presentations: Technique two

Handling fear in sales presentations: Technique one

Explanation of Energy is 70% of a job

The greates enemy of communication explained

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