‘Chunking‘ Is Not Holiday Weight Gain...
By Silvia Damiano on 19 December 2017
When you think of the word ‘chunking,' you may have visions of yourself after the holiday season. While that may be a conversation you need to have in the privacy of your mind, chunking usually means to break information down into manageable pieces.
Feed Your Brain Vocabulary Soup
By Silvia Damiano on 23 November 2017
Neuroscience is helping us develop new ideas and methods of leadership. When we learn, certain networks become active, but like anything else, they become inactive when not used.
An African Adventure Can Turn Your Communication Upside Down
By Silvia Damiano on 2 November 2017
When you think of the word communicate, you probably imagine speaking words or reading something. But communication is more than just words. It is the look in someone's eyes or the quiet shrug of the shoulders. Being an effective communicator doesn't only entail sharing words, it is a …
Using Chemistry To Unlock The Secrets Of Leadership And The Brain
By Silvia Damiano on 10 October 2017
Effective communication is essential for great leaders, yet many simply don’t have the skills to inspire, persuade and engage those they lead. Learning how brain chemistry affects leadership styles can help unlock this capability.
Communication – The Essence Connection
By Mark Hodgson on 31 August 2017
Communication is one of those elemental things, like breathing or water that’s so essential to our existence that we often take it for granted. This means it is often taken as a given. Yet anyone who has spent any time in an organisation or as part of a team will have experienced very …
Silence Can Really Be Golden After All
By Silvia Damiano on 22 June 2017
Do you have conversations with yourself? Not necessarily in a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde way, but more of an inner monologue? Maybe you imagine yourself speaking at an engagement, and you practise your speech in your head. Or maybe you have a meeting with your own boss, and you try to cr …
My 2016 Wish
By Silvia Damiano on 3 January 2016
As I lazily sink into the couch after Christmas lunch, my family and I choose to put on a movie called ‘The Book Thief’. I had watched it a couple of years ago and enjoyed it a lot. This time I am about to learn something, which makes watching it twice worthwhile.
The Four Pillars You Need To Build A Collaborative Enterprise
By Silvia Damiano on 8 December 2015
Collaboration is something we all strive for because it is essential to better business outcomes. An aligned team that is working in harmony is always going to produce better work than what one person can achieve alone. So if we know collaboration works, surely it should be intrinsic …
The Non-Discussable Emotions
By Phil Boas on 11 October 2011
When parents separate or get divorced, children suffer and they rarely really understand why their parents split up. They rarely feel good about it. When asked why? Most parents come up with some trite and meaningless response like, “sometimes people just stop getting along with one a …
Advice And Feedback And Counsel! Oh My!
By Tony Pottle on 23 January 2011
Advice. Feedback. Performance Review. Words that send cold shivers up most people’s spines. We should be eager to accept feedback from others, and know that we can really improve by incorporating other people’s points of view. But our brains get in the way.