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5 Skills to Master in 2025. Communication Skills that AI will never replace!

It’s time to perfect those “real world” communication skills!

It can sometimes feel like AI can do everything, from creating a slick presentation to answering the most esoteric questions. However, there is at least one area where the human touch is still essential, and that is in the realm of interpersonal communication. In fact, the more AI pervades our lives, the more critical it is to master the following “real world” communication skills:

Self-Talk

All skilled communicators can communicate with themselves.

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Do you invite PARTICIPATION?

Research has shown that participants will never forget everything they have said during a meeting—and some of what you have said. That is why inviting as much participation from others as possible is a critical skill, whether it is giving a presentation, facilitating a meeting, or simply having a conversation. Encouraging people to participate transforms them from a “passive” to an “active” mode, resulting in greater engagement, more idea generation,

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Maximizing Your Executive Presence in an Authentic and Immediately Actionable Way

Executive Presence (EP) is often described as the ability to exude confidence, competence, and charisma while positively influencing and inspiring others. However, it’s crucial to understand that EP has no one-size-fits-all model. You don’t have to be an extrovert to embody these qualities; authenticity is critical. Here’s how you can maximize your executive presence in a genuine and immediately actionable way:

  1. Embrace Authenticity

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5 Networking Tips in an AI world!

In a world where AI can do it all: conduct research, write a press release, simulate a conversation, answer your questions, and collect customer data to target ads, it has become a real challenge to stand out and differentiate yourself and your services.

However sophisticated it becomes, I firmly believe that AI will never be able to build authentic, mutually reciprocal interpersonal relationships. 

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Are You an Illuminator or a Diminisher?

I grew up in South Africa, where the Zulu greeting, Sawubona, is much more than a polite way of saying hello. Sawubona means “I see you.” They are words that embody the importance of recognizing the worth and dignity of each person, something I strive to do in both my personal and professional lives.

I love the concept of seeing people deeply. People want to connect.

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How to build trust with your teams in a hybrid world

In his book “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team,” Patrick Lencioni identifies the heart of dysfunction as a lack of trust.


So, how do we build teams that trust each other, particularly in a hybrid environment?
The first step toward achieving confident cohesion is to help your team members connect with one another on a personal level.

While this is challenging enough to accomplish in person, it is even more difficult when some members of your team have not and may never meet in person.

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Own your Zoom Room!!!! You Have to be in it a While Longer

Before 2020 Zoom may not have been part of your vocabulary. In 2021 even if you used a different platform, the verb “to  Zoom” became synonymous with virtual meetings. As we embark on 2022, whatever virtual platform you are using, be it Webex, Microsoft Teams, or the countless other platforms that now exist, the question is, how skilled are you at truly owning your virtual space?

In other words, do you have “Virtual Presence”?

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