How to make yourself invaluable

I was honoured to be a contributor to this month’s edition of the International Association of Business Communicator (IABC)’s Communications World magazine.

Here’s my piece on the top 5 essential practices and top 10 questions to make you an invaluable strategic communications partner in your organization.

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Making Your Workshop Work

It’s probably the case that most of your work as a communicator consists of one-on-one discussions with internal clients, management or external stakeholders. But from time to time, your job calls for you to stand up before a larger group of people and make communications magic happen. One of those times that I find most […]

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Connecting the Dots

One of the most powerful ways in which you can contribute significant strategic value as a communicator is by making it a practice to connect the dots around you. Connecting the dots is about cultivating the habit of seeing the inter-connections between issues, information and trends which may otherwise seem unrelated on the surface. This […]

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Fish Perceive Water Last

Everyday, you swim in your natural habitat. You see the same people, the same issues and the same old challenges. It can be helpful to pull back from that sameness and ask yourself the question: What am I not seeing? That simple question can trigger a profound shift. It has the power to unlock problem […]

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How to make yourself invaluable

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