Candor and Commitment

When You Ask for It, You Get It: How Candor Leads to Commitment As the story goes, a senior leader at a global beverage company had just concluded an extremely assertive and confident presentation on strategy. He calmly took a sip of water then asked his audience of marketing executives, “So, what have I said […]

The Ultimate Key to Authentic Communication

The goal of SkillSpire Academy’s “REAL Communication” online learning program is to help people talk about difficult challenges, complex problems and uncomfortable issues in a direct, open, mutually engaged manner. This usually requires the development of new communication skills AND the commitment to create a “safe” environment where our communication patterns foster openness rather than fear or […]