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Soft Skills

Soft Skills – The Platinum Rule

This weeks blog discusses and introduces the Platinum Rule. How being aware of others styles and speaking to them improves how we communicate, reduces tension and conflict. _____________________________________________________________________________________ John Whitehead coaches individuals and organizations in becoming more effective by helping them improve their interpersonal communications, emotional intelligence and resiliency. *******Are…

Soft Skills – How Do We Communicate?

Interpersonal communications – In this weeks blog I talk about how interpersonal communications almost always floats to the surface in my coaching work with leaders. _____________________________________________________________________________________ John Whitehead coaches individuals and organizations in becoming more effective by helping them improve their interpersonal communications, emotional intelligence and resiliency. *******Are you wondering…

Collaborating With The Enemy

In this week’s blog I explore my take away from Adam Kahane’s book “Collaborating with the Enemy: How to Work with People You Don’t Agree with or Like or Trust” and a his keynote presentation at Royal Road’s University’s Leadership Conference. I explore how it fits with my coaching work…

This week – Video Blogging

This week I try something new – Video blogging… enjoy… ____________________________________________________________________________________   John Whitehead coaches individuals and organizations in becoming more effective by helping them improve their interpersonal communications, emotional intelligence and resiliency. *******Are you wondering if having a Leadership/Personal Development Coach is right for you? Contact John for a…

Are Soft Skills Learned or Inborn?

Several years ago I wrote a series on Soft Skills and their development – this is an updated repost of the third post in that series from October 2015. Soft Skills: Nature or Nurture? Are you born with them or are they learned? It’s the old chicken and the egg…