Communication & Conflict

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162 | 7 Steps To Tackle A Tough Conversation

Tough conversations are one of those “make or break” parts of leading people. They can either empower and ignite team members, or demoralize them and tank their productivity. The result you get absolutely depends on your ability to have high levels of quality communication with the other person. Chances are there’s a tough conversation you need

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153 | The Ultimate Guide To Improving Your Communication

Folks, we talk a lot about communication on the show, but this show turned into something much more! And it all started with answering a question from one of our listeners. Here’s how to achieve high levels of quality communication: The Question Justin wrote, “I have to start with the obvious. Thanks for all that

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122 | How To Tell if a Leader is Lying with Vanessa Van Edwards

Our guest today is Vanessa Van Edwards who is a published author and behavioral investigator. She is a Huffington Post columnist and her courses and research has been featured on CNN, Forbes, Business Week and the Wall Street Journal.  As a published Penguin author, Vanessa regularly speaks and appears in the media to talk about her research.  And I loved

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82 | Ask Chris: Your First Hire

p class=”p1″>I’ve got a special treat for you on today’s show… Mr. Barry White stops in the studio for a guest appearance. (You’ll get it in a minute)

But seriously, our Q&A shows have been such a hit that we are changing the name to “Ask Chris” and are making it even easier to “ask Chris” your questions about business and life.

Go to Chris LoCurto.com/AskChris and leave your question and you just might make it on the show!

Today’s question is on the topic of who should you hire first when building your business.More specifically, “does my personality style limit me to who I should hire first?”
Shout out to Randy for giving us today’s question.

In this episode you will learn:

  • How do you set up your business for success.
  • Can any personality style be an entrepreneur?
  • Why you should avoid partnerships.
  • Who do you hire first in your startup.
  • Do you hire by personality style?
  • Why you should start small.
  • Fixed expenses vs. Variable expenses
  • How to get a free DISC personality test.

AND for the month of December we are giving away a FREE DISC Personality Style Test to EVERYONE who leaves us an iTunes Review. EVERYONE!!!

So go to iTunes, leave a review, send an email to [email protected], reference your review with your name and we’ll make sure you get your FREE Test.

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49 | Parents, Kids, Conflict… OH MY

We are talking about conflict in the family on todays show. More specifically – How do I get my children to get along?

We naturally think ” my kids should just get along.”
But we have to remember that with kids it’s no different than the people you work with.

The reason why kids (or anybody else) are in conflict is because they don’t’ understand each other.

Translating that into business and for your team, when we have two people that are in conflict, almost every time it comes down to the simplicity of not understanding each others personality styles.

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