How to Improve Your Communication Skills

Strong verbal communication skills are important for everyone to master. They are extremely valuable in both your personal and professional life. These days, technology is making everything easier. Unfortunately, easier doesn’t always mean better, and in the case of communication, the same ease that allows you to bridge long distances in a matter of seconds may also be crippling your ability to communicate well when it matters the most. In the business world, communication is especially important, and ineffective communication can make or break your success.   Here are a 14 Simple Tips to Improve Your Communication Skills    Watch Your ...

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15 Ways to Tell When Someone is Lying at work

Today’s issue is a bit different: it’s about how to tell if someone is lying to you. Who hasn’t heard the old saying “Liars never look you in the eye”? Developing the ability to read the body language and identify lies can help you better navigate situations of dishonesty.    Remember: these signs don’t indicate someone is lying, just that they are more likely to be lying.   See here for more on PAs career advice.     Face-to-Face Meetings    A fake smile. It’s hard for liars to give a real smile while seeking to deceive. (Real smiles crinkle the corners ...

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Understanding Your Body Language

Research has shown that 50% to as much as 100% of your message is communicated through your body language.  However, only a few people are consciously aware of how to interpret this information effectively in their lives.    Click through for more PAs career advice.    What it means body language?   Body Language – technically known as kinesics (pronounced ‘kineesicks’) – is a significant aspect of modern communications and relationships.   Body language is the unconscious and conscious transmission and interpretation of feelings, attitudes, and moods, through:   Body posture, movement, physical state, position and relationship to other bodies, objects and ...

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