I was honoured recently to be interviewed by my speaking colleague Randall Craig on his web tv program, Professionally Speaking TV. He did such a good job of discussing the various aspects of communication at work, and my views on them, that I wanted you to see the interview. It lasts about an hour, and [...]

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It’s a while since I’ve posted something just for fun. I can’t claim credit for having written the following (although I wish I had) and I don’t know who did write it, but I thought it would give you a chuckle: English Plurals We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes, But the [...]

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Organizations pay a high price for poor writing, both in the writing and the reading. Here’s what I mean. Say an individual earns an annual salary of $60,000. Using the standard used by compensation professionals, that works out to approximately $30 per hour. Now say that person spends 40 hours writing a report — and [...]

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We’ve reached the middle of November, and for many that means time to work on plans for next year. Many a manager—junior, mid-level or senior—is already thinking deeply about desired departmental or company objectives for 2010 and how to get everyone on board to accomplish them. I’ve said this  before, and I’ll say it again: [...]

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Some readers have been asking when I would post more grammar tips on video, so I made a few this week. Here are the first two. “I” vs “me” “Compose” vs “Comprise” Happy Writing!

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