Every thriving business is built on a foundation of good communication, where employees openly convey their thoughts and feelings to one another in order to accomplish the common goal. However, not everyone possesses these skills, and a business can suffer when...
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4 Communication Skills your Business Leaders Must Possess
Communicating effectively is an important part of being a successful business leader. It’s common for an employee to be promoted to an executive-level position with communication skills that need improvement, typically because they’ve never learned the skills that...
The Importance of Communication in Business
One of the main responsibilities of executives is motivating their employees. The only way to do so is effectively communicating with your company. Good communication skills allow you to be a successful leader and encourage your employees to complete the common goals...
How to Build Relationships within your Company
When there are strong relationships within a company, the business runs better. Employees have respect for each other and work together toward goals that must be accomplished. It’s up to the executives to lead in order to cultivate strong relationships. Consider the...
Thanksgiving, Gratitude, and the Workplace…7 Tips to Make it Count!
As we all get excited to head off to our respective homes for an extended respite and some good gravy, I want to share a couple thoughts on gratitude in the workplace. A tradition at many Thanksgiving tables is to one by one, share things we are grateful for. It’s a...
Three Easy Steps to Better Communication
Big picture thinkers are sometimes so up there in the clouds for that 30,000 foot view that it’s challenging to communicate with those who are more tactical in an organization. Some others of us are just so in our own “zone” that we hop right into a conversation with...
Ten Tips on Accepting Feedback Gracefully
By Maren Perry, Founder and President, Arden Coaching We often talk about how to give feedback effectively, though rarely do we hear talk of how to accept feedback well, when really, how effective the exchange is overall very much lies with the receiver of the...
Effective Communication in the Workplace
When we think of effective communication in the workplace, we usually think of speaking. How can I better get my point across? How can I make sure I’m clear and that others understand my directions to them? How can I be sure I’m heard clearly and confidently, and...
Meet our New Executive Coaches Marc, Micki, and Chris!
Arden Coaching is excited to have Marc, Micki, and Chris on board and we're thrilled to expand our reach to the San Francisco bay area in CA, as well as Chicago, IL and Atlanta, GA. Marc Smith Sacks, MA, PCC Specialties: Team Effectiveness, Emotional Intelligence,...
How to Apologize in Business
When I think about learning to apologize, I think about my parents bringing my attention to someone I’d wronged in some way and reminding me to say I was sorry as they stood watching. It seems such a simple thing: to acknowledge that we have (perhaps inadvertently)...