The responsibility in communication to be understood

In a conversation whose responsibility is it to be understood? The speaker, right? Yes, and, the listener is responsible too. As the speaker, you’re responsible for making sure you’re understood. As the listener, you have a responsibility to ask clarifying questions so you can better understand. And, as the speaker, …

Dispelling the myth of empathy: A case study

Two different employers, same issue with employee’s pay. Two very different ways of handling it. The employee’s pay didn’t hit their accounts as scheduled. Employer A told the employee to check their account, stating it must be a problem with their bank because he was paid. After the employee did …

The most beautiful paradox: Writing

I feel this way about writing posts on LinkedIn, do you? It’s such a paradox that I want to share my thoughts and experiences, yet recognise how egotistical it is to do so – as if to say, “why does what I think matter?” And yet, to the people who …

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Learn through the power of listening

One of my favourite things to do is to listen. I like to listen to the words used, how they’re pronounced, what they represent, their tone. I love listening to body language and listening to what’s not being said verbally. Taken from ambiguity.acm.org: “Have you ever heard the adage that communication …

Success in recruitment: Jump the divide from logic to emotion

Always call the hiring manager or recruitment consultant once you’ve applied for the role. Very few call. It’s your first impression, and it’ll be the difference that makes the difference in a recruitment decision. Your application is all logic in the recruitment process. Does your application tick the right boxes? …

The number one question to start the day successful

I said to one of my wonderful recruiters this morning that I often feel like I am a “problem-seeker” not just a problem-solver. That is not to say that I actively create problems. No. Rather, I have a knack for seeing what isn’t working as efficiently as it could, things that …

Use Perceptual Readiness to Create Powerful Goals

Goals are typically future-orientated, something to aspire and work towards. From the book, ‘Before You Know It: The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do’, by John Bargh, I’m learning that we make micro-goals all the time. These micro-goals affect our present-time decision-making and impact future events without our conscious awareness. …

Light, Shadow and Dark Values that Guide my Life

On her Spotify exclusive podcast, Dare to Lead, Brene Brown discusses with the entrepreneurial professor and author, Jim Collins about values. He introduced to me the concept of a shadow value and defined his shadow value as the freedom to choose how he spends his time. This value resides beneath …

Manifestation or Clarity? Same-same with powerful results.

It’s been more than six months since I’ve published. It feels like a lot longer. I’ve changed the direction of my life and my business. I’m no longer actively coaching, I will again, but for the time being, Coach Cazzie is on pause. The lessons I’ve learned in the past …