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- Success Lessons From Attending, Conducting, and Going Through Hundreds of Interviews Over 50+ Years
From the time I began helping people have interviews to giving hundreds of interviews about my own work, I’ve kept rigorous records of what works to get my points across in interviews and defeating or redirecting questioner attempts to have me say what they want. This document is the essence of those notes and records. … Continue reading “Success Lessons From Attending, Conducting, and Going Through Hundreds of Interviews Over 50+ Years” - Your Bad News Eradicator – Start Eradicating Your Bad News Today and Every Day
The Bad News Eradicator is designed to help you eliminate using defensive words and negative phrases in your speech and writing. Keep this document on your phone. Collect your own set of habitual negative phrases and words to avoid. List them on the sheet, then create their positive equivalent and get a whole new life. … Continue reading “Your Bad News Eradicator – Start Eradicating Your Bad News Today and Every Day” - Protected: Your Bad News Eradicator – Start Eradicating Your Bad News Today and Every DayThis content is password protected.
- 10 Questions to Ask Before You Declare Yourself a Trusted Strategic Advisor/Influencer
Think you’re a trusted strategic advisor and influencer to leadership? Here are questions you need to ask yourself about whether you can really put yourself in the boss’s shoes and work from a management perspective. Visit Amazon.com to pre-order the book today! ©2026, James E. Lukaszewski, “Influencing Leaders, The Seven Disciplines of the Trusted Strategic … Continue reading “10 Questions to Ask Before You Declare Yourself a Trusted Strategic Advisor/Influencer” - 7 Toxic Reputational Disasters Caused by Self-Inflicted Silence
Think Not Talking Will Save You? Guess Again, While Your Reputation and Your World Crumble 7 Toxic Reputational Disasters Caused by Self-Inflicted Silence Your silence means you: For those perpetrators who fail to manage their own destiny, someone is waiting on a digital platform somewhere, or with the evening news, to do it for them. … Continue reading “7 Toxic Reputational Disasters Caused by Self-Inflicted Silence” - Your Bad News Eradicator – Start Eradicating Your Bad News Today and Every Day
The Bad News Eradicator is designed to help you eliminate using defensive words and negative phrases in your speech and writing. Keep this document on your phone. Collect your own set of habitual negative phrases and words. List them on the sheet, then create their positive equivalent and get a whole new life. The goal … Continue reading “Your Bad News Eradicator – Start Eradicating Your Bad News Today and Every Day”
