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Milo's periodic
journal
of
learning, life-tips, and laughter
Nursing a Rough Work
Relationship
A coaching
client of mine, "Claudia", works in a hospital. She was
clearly distracted and sidetracked me with a tale of woe
at work. While it was not public-speaking related,
it was
about workplace communication, so I wanted to help if
possible.
(Note: With her permission, I've changed a few of
the details in this story to protect her anonymity, but the
majority of the story is true and
could be applied to any work situation.)
Claudia was extremely frustrated by a
nurse in her unit whose work habits were affecting others.
"Missy" was rushing through her admittance of patients
and not
doing thorough assessments of them. Worse, she did
completely read over and convey previous
doctors' notes so that other nurses working with
those patients later would be aware of medical
history and concerns.
As you might be guessing, this
underreporting lead to a big
problem...
Public Speaking Tip of the
Day
Connecting thoughts effectively from one PowerPoint slide to the next
makes you look more professional than advancing, looking at
the slide on the screen, and then talking about it.
For more on how this works, read
this short article that I wrote on the topic.
One of the many tips in
"Public
Speaking:
Get A's, Not Zzzzzz's!":
Coming really soon
for the next generation:
Upcoming ezine will offer a great discount!
Exciting news for Milo
Before I ever got a chance to promote it to my mailing list,
my new book (above)
made it to the top of the Kindle list
in its category of youth non-fiction! Hopefully,
parents and teens are already enjoying and learning based on
that.
Still, I'd love to be able to say that it made it to the top
of the
Amazon list,
not
just the Kindle
one. To help with that, keep watching for a promotion
where I'll be lowering the cost of the paperback for a day
to as low as Amazon will let me (probably around $3 instead
of $19.95)
I love my Kindle, but I believe
these books
on public speaking are way better read on paper. Don't
treat these copies preciously. I
want them written in, highlighted, notated in the margins,
and so on. These should be an ongoing personalized
resource for you -- which can't be done on a Kindle.
Hope you'll consider getting a copy
on the big day -- either for yourself or that special teen
in your life.
By the way, the teen book is extremely
similar to the adult version; I mostly just changed the
examples and the tone to make it more accessible to a
younger audience. Adults can still learn a lot from
it.
Today's joke
At age
86, Morty and Rhoda are having a quiet night at home.
Rhoda, in the upstairs bedroom, feels amorous. She
calls downstairs, "Morty, come upstairs and make love to
me!"
Morty walks slowly over to the staircase. He looks at
the 15 steps up to the second floor, pauses, and says, "I
can do one or the other, Rhoda...but not both."
Today's featured video
Sometimes
potential clients ask if I have video of myself coaching so that they
can see me in action. I wouldn't ask a client to sit there and
allow his whole session to be taped, but I DO have a video from the
keynote named after my book, "Public Speaking: Get A's, Not Zzzzzz's!"
where one can see a few of the things that I talk about in coaching.
Enjoy!
See? Told you the
newsletters would be light and helpful.
If I can be of service to
you, just use the button here to reach my site and drop me a
line! --
Milo
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