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Here you’ll find inspiration, advice, and best practice all focused on your communication skills development, managing public speaking anxiety, improving your confidence in the workplace, developing effective leadership skills, knowing how best to find a new job or career, and how to understand your strengths, skills and values.
Communication lessons from Ted Lasso
It’s back, it’s back! The mild mannered, moustachioed man, Ted Lasso, is here and it’s crammed with terrific communication skills lessons. Like these four gems…
**spoiler alert, go watch episode 1 of season 3 and then come back**
First up, there was some amazing stuff out of the mouths of babes.
The magic of mentoring - Part 2
Mentoring can take many forms and shapes. Here, two females born into very different worlds decades apart show the power of learning from one another.
Miranda is 7 ¾ and Stephanie is 84 ¾. This mentoring conversation might seem as likely as Depeche Mode singing about building a set of Ikea book shelves but these two females both learn from each other.
The magic of mentoring - Part 1
Mentoring is having someone in your corner to help you develop personally and professionally. Here are three tips to keep in mind.
1) Careful with the steering: learning is a process of trial and error. Be gentle with yourself as a mentee.
2) Get your go to place ready: when your head is full and you need a break this will provide you with the space to do that.
3) Find your sanctuary person: find a person who gives you unconditional support to help you through the tough stuff.