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Trust Matters, The Podcast: Why Won’t My Client Say ‘YES’? (Episode 2)

By Charles H. Green July 3, 2018

[av_textblock size='' font_color='' color='' av-medium-font-size='' av-small-font-size='' av-mini-font-size='' av_uid='av-iq141s' admin_preview_bg=''] This is Episode 2 of Trust Matters, The Podcast! Listeners submit their personal questions about professional relationships, trust, and business situations…

Don’t Focus Just on Skillsets

By Charles H. Green August 7, 2017

It's become a truism: you can't manage what you can't measure. (Actually, it's quite a debatable proposition.) A corollary is that therefore what matters are observable behaviors, hence the essence…

Bloggers’ Top 10 Annoying Spelling Errors: Spellcheck Won’t Save You

By Charles H. Green May 4, 2015

You may be uneducated – but you needn’t advertise the fact. Of course, we all understand typos – though the sight of them uncorrected on a blogpost suggests serious amateurism. But what’s…

Why We Don’t Trust Companies, Part III – Risk

By Charles H. Green June 26, 2013

This is the third in a four-part series about why we don't trust companies. The final post will offer solutions. In the first and second posts, I said trust in companies is so low…

Why We Don’t Trust Companies, Part II – the Three M’s

By Charles H. Green June 25, 2013

Yesterday I wrote about three fundamental reasons that most companies aren't trusted: trust is mainly personal, most companies don't understand trust, and they make bad choices of tools to enhance trust. Let's…

How YOU Can Raise Trust in Your Organization

By David Gebler September 21, 2011

We’re pleased to announce the release of our latest eBook: People Behaving Badly: How YOU Can Raise Trust in Your Organization. It’s the fourth in the new Trusted Advisor Fieldbook…

ACTION REQUIRED: Read my email PLEASE! (Part 1)

By Andrea P. Howe August 19, 2011

Have you ever sent out an email like this? Subject: Prep for client mtg next week and one-on-one mtg times To prepare for our meeting, would each of you please…

How to Write 35% Better and 45% Faster

By Charles H. Green August 8, 2011

I’m not kidding. Yes, your mileage may vary, but I have something that’s real and useful to you: better, faster writing. It is based on solid, commonsense ideas. And it…

Speech-to-Text: My Killer Apps Part 2

By Charles H. Green July 11, 2011

I never liked podcasts. I can read five times faster than I can listen to someone talk; thank god for transcripts. And while I type over 100 words per minute,…