by Maureen Steele | May 25, 2020 | Mastering Workplace Challenges, Personal Mastery, Responding To Change and Transition
Those of us who are used to working from home or in a home office may well have spent the last few months wondering what all of the fuss was about. How difficult can it be to carve out the space you need to work productively and efficiently? Where exactly does the...
by Maureen Steele | May 25, 2020 | Communication For The Future, Mastering Workplace Challenges, Uncategorized
Having thousands of bank workers in big, expensive city offices “may be a thing of the past”, Barclays boss Jes Staley has said. About 70,000 of Barclays’ staff worldwide are working from home due to coronavirus lockdown measures. ...
by Maureen Steele | Nov 13, 2019 | Communication Essentials, Interpersonal Communication
Summarising is concrete skill that, like paraphrasing, is built upon mindful listening and produces exactly the same benefits as paraphrasing does. The very act of summarising boosts your mindful listening ability and it will become easier the more you practise....
by Maureen Steele | Nov 13, 2019 | Communication Essentials, Interpersonal Communication
Paraphrasing can be defined as: The act of reflecting back what you have heard using the words of the speaker as much as you possibly can. In order to paraphrase well, you must pay attention to what the other person is saying. This in itself already...
by Maureen Steele | Nov 13, 2019 | Communication Essentials, Interpersonal Communication
Both paraphrasing and summarising require you to re-state what has already been said, reflecting back and using the words of the speaker (s) as much as is possible. Paraphrasing focuses on the immediately preceding discourse, summarising pulls together the most...
