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Productivity Tips – How to Avoid Communication Problems in the Workplace

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | September 28, 2023 |

Last week, we examined five communication best practices to implement. This week, we’ll take a look at what happens when even just one of those communication best practices isn’t implemented. In other words, these are communication problems and pitfalls to avoid. Listen, then clarify. Here are a screenshot and inquiring question I posted on Instagram:…

Productivity Tips – 5 Communication Best Practices

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | September 21, 2023 |

Recently a cohort to whom I was invited to present a time management workshop discussed a major productivity challenge: a backslide in implementing communication best practices. They shared that coworkers were no longer listening the way they used to. It was like their Zoom meeting practices during COVID of zoning out and pretending to…

Communicating Change During COVID-19

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | July 7, 2020 |

Last week, a business contact I communicate with almost daily sent me an email with a short but startling message: “Helene: I am going to be out of the office for the rest of today and I’ll give an update later about tomorrow. My husband was laid off today and it’s a long story but…