by Rachel Beohm | Authenticity, Breathing, Confidence, Delivering Negative Information, Eye Contact, Ideal Life, Leadership, Nonverbal Communication, Nonverbal Skills, One-on-One Interactions, Presence, Presenting to a Group, Receptivity, Voice Pattern
4 Things People Want from Leaders Leadership is a way of life. When you lead your own life, you demonstrate leadership traits. Others notice, and often you’ll find yourself in a leadership position, whether you sought one or not. Sure, not everyone in a leadership...
by Rachel Beohm | Adaptability, Ideal Life, Nonverbal Communication
7 Practical Ways to Boost Your Mood How is the “pursuit of happiness” going for you? As it turns out, the more you try to “pursue” happiness, the more it eludes you. Happiness is a feeling; emotions, by their very nature, are transitory. That’s one reason I’ve...
by Rachel Beohm | Authenticity, Dealing with Difficult People, Delivering Negative Information, Ideal Life, Nonverbal Communication, One-on-One Interactions, Word Choice
Stop Depersonalizing Your Communication Recently, my friend moved away. On the day of the move, I messaged her, “I’m going to miss you!” She wrote back, “We are going to miss our friends, too, but we promise to keep in touch.” I couldn’t help but notice how...
by Rachel Beohm | Adaptability, Dealing with Difficult People, Delivering Negative Information, Leadership, Management, Nonverbal Communication, Nonverbal Skills, One-on-One Interactions, Posture & Body Position, Presence, Presenting to a Group, Receptivity
3 Common Communication Pitfalls (and how to avoid them) No one is a perfect communicator. Not me. Not you. In the best of times, communication pitfalls can lead to breakdowns. In times of crisis when emotions run high, the effects of bad habits are amplified....
by Rachel Beohm | Breathing, Confidence, Delivering Negative Information, Ideal Life, Leadership, Management, Nonverbal Communication, Nonverbal Skills, Posture & Body Position, Presence
One Key Way to Demonstrate Confidence In the face of crisis, you cannot stay calm without confidence. You can be apathetic. That’s nihilism, not calmness. That’s doubtfulness and uncertainty that leads to giving up—the complete opposite of confidence. True...
