Almost two decades ago I began realizing just how important understanding personality styles was to me and my business.
Even though I thought I knew personality styles well, I really didn’t.
Many times I was failing with team members because I didn’t understand how to guide and direct them according to their own personality style. Instead, I communicated with mine. Why is bad communication so destructive?
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Today, I’m answering your questions on The Chris LoCurto Show! In last week’s podcast, we asked for you to comment about your greatest challenges when it comes to communicating and understanding personality styles. Folks, you brought it! Check out the podcast for my answers:
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A lack of high-quality communication is the most common and destructive issue I see in almost every business I work with. What causes this great lack of communication? Simple – not understanding how to communicate effectively with each of the different personalities in the organization.
There are several issues that come out of bad communication, including:
And those are just a few things that cost your organization a lot of money!
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Todays Coffee With Chris podcast is all about doing what you love. If you’re not happy in your job or in life, make a change!
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Next week, we’re focusing the blog, podcast and video lesson on understanding personality styles. I want to hear from you! Comment below with your questions, challenges, solutions or stories and you just might be on my next podcast episode!
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So many times as leaders, message bearers or speakers, we’re so concerned about how we’re delivering our product, pitch or speech that we loose sight of who it’s intended for – the audience! We tend to focus on what they’re thinking about us instead of how they’re receiving the information.
Crystal Paine is the genius entrepreneur, mother and home economics multi-tasker behind MoneySavingMom.com. She’s also the author of The Money Saving Mom’s Budget. We had a great conversation about being message bearers and caring for our audiences (this could be your customer, your team, followers, etc.) and I’m sharing those thoughts with you in a new Q&A Series video.
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Today’s Q&A Series is on a topic that might make some of you break out into cold sweats. That’s right, public speaking. Take a big breath. You got this. Successful public speaking comes down to having confidence in the message you’re delivering. When you focus on what you’re saying, you’re training your brain to
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Here’s a question from one of the top commenters here on the site, Lily Kreitinger. Chris, I just went through my annual performance review. I had good feedback from my leaders on the positive aspects on my performance. They also provided feedback on the areas in which I can grow. One of the observations they
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This is a guest post by Mark Sieverkropp. Mark and others have stepped in at a time of need for me to keep you guys going. For more information about that, read What’s Going On? I’ve always been a fan of the book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie. That book
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What Does Influence Really Mean in Leadership? Influence isn’t just a buzzword in leadership; it’s a game-changer. But here’s the thing: it doesn’t just happen. It’s something you need to work on. If you can’t influence people, you might end up sounding more like a bossy boss than a leader. Sounds harsh, right? But it’s
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