Any management consultant will tell you that communication skills are vital to success in business. Business is fundamentally about getting other people to do things -- getting employees to be ...

We’re professors who try to write well. We also try to help our students and colleagues write well. But, really, why bother? Among the standard answers: Because businesses want good writers. Because ...

Thank you notes have largely gone out of fashion. What was once considered proper etiquette is now a rarity, abandoned by most. But a new study found that writing for positive purposes, like creating ...

Today is Thursday, so this post is on communication skills. Clear, crisp writing is an important communication skill. Successful people are able to get across their ideas in an easily readable way.

The benefits of positive expressive writing for psychological health and wellbeing depend on the particular approach and on individual differences, according to a systematic review published on May 21 ...

CHICAGO — Two years ago, anxiety was keeping me up at night, threatening to spiral out of control. Meanwhile, my husband with his easy confidence — never seeing a rain cloud without a silver lining, ...

Flip a coin and you get either heads or tails. Point your compass North and 180 degrees below you'll see South. Go turn on the water tap and you'll have a choice between hot and cold. Happy/sad, dirty ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rhea Wessel is the founder of The Institute for Thought Leadership. In a recent workshop with a group of subject-matter experts, I ...

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As we head into 2021, work looks completely different than it did a year ago. Success in remote work hinges on communication, but it’s challenging. Most of us feel Zoom fatigue, and nearly a third of ...

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