Abraham Lincoln is one of the most loved Presidents of the USA. He is an admired leader of the world for he always thought before he spoke. The incident given below highlights his thoughts on writing and the learning can be extended to helping you to improve business writing skills. One day Lincoln’s Secretary of [...]
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Business Writing From Abe Lincoln’s Perspective
April 29th, 2010 
Pramila Mathew 
Posted in Communication, Soft Skills Training 
Tags: business communication, business writing, business writing skills, Communication Skills Training, Corporate Training, interpersonal communication skills, listening skills, Personality Development, soft skills trainer, Soft Skills Training, verbal communication, writing skills 
No Comments »Business Communication – Understanding Boundaries
April 22nd, 2010 Pramila Mathew We learn many valuable morals from the famous Aesop’s fables. I shall share my thoughts with respect to business communication with regards to the following fable today: A crab and her child were walking down the beach one day. While doing so, the crab irately watched while the child strolled in a one-sided manner. She [...]
Business Communication: Effective Questioning
April 21st, 2010 Pramila Mathew Here is a well known anecdote that reinstates the importance of effective questioning in verbal communication: Two young men were walking home after having attended a religious service by a renowned priest. One man said to the other, “I wonder whether it would be alright to smoke while praying.” The other replied, “Why don’t you [...]
Posted in Communication, Leadership Development, Soft Skills Training Tags: business communication, Communication Skills Training, Corporate Training, effective questioning, interpersonal communication skills, listening skills, Personality Development, questioning skills, soft skills trainer, Soft Skills Training, verbal communication No Comments »Business Communication: The Reader’s Perspective
April 18th, 2010 Pramila Mathew Here is a story that will highlight the importance of clarity in written communication: A blind boy once sat at the side of a busy pavement with a hat placed in front of him. He had a hand-written sign that said: “I am blind. Please help.” Passers-by hardly took notice of the boy and there [...]
Posted in Communication, Soft Skills Training Tags: business communication, Communication Skills Training, Corporate Training, healthy living, interpersonal communication skills, listening skills, Personality Development, soft skills trainer, Soft Skills Training, Time Management Training, verbal communication No Comments »The Art Of Listening
April 15th, 2010 Pramila Mathew Here is a witty story on an important aspect of communication – effective listening. In a small town, a police officer curbed a speeding motorist. After pulling over to the side, the man began, “Officer, I can explain…” “Quiet!” replied the police officer hastily, “I’m taking you in for speeding within residential limits”. The man [...]
Posted in Communication, Leadership Development, Soft Skills Training Tags: business communication, Communication Skills Training, Corporate Training, effective communication, interpersonal communication skills, listening skills, Personality Development, verbal communication, workplace communications skills No Comments »Leadership – Sticking To Your Guns
March 29th, 2010 Pramila Mathew Walt Disney needs no introduction. The famous founder of Mickey Mouse and co-founder of Walt Disney Productions was an influential thinker during his time. As a young boy, he developed a love and passion for drawing. The journey never stopped even after the setting up of the Walt Disney amusement park, where all his characters [...]
Posted in Leadership Development, Soft Skills Training Tags: achievement, Add new tag, Corporate Training, determination, developing emotional intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, emotional intelligence coaching, emotional intelligence leadership, emotional intelligence skills, emotional intelligence training, Leadership, leadership training, persistance, persistence, Personality Development, positive attitude, soft skills trainer, Soft Skills Training, success No Comments »Living With Emotional Intelligence – Learning From The Mosquito
March 26th, 2010 Pramila Mathew An important aspect of Emotional Intelligence is optimism. Here is an amusing story based upon positive thinking that I recently heard. I’m sure that it will help us understand that life becomes more beautiful and exciting when perceived from an optimistic perspective. This is a story of a mosquito family. Like any other mosquito child [...]
Posted in Soft Skills Training Tags: Corporate Training, developing emotional intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, emotional intelligence coaching, emotional intelligence leadership, emotional intelligence skills, emotional intelligence training, motivation, Personality Development, positive attitude, soft skills trainer, Soft Skills Training, success No Comments »Empathy In Emotional Intelligence
March 13th, 2010 Pramila Mathew Here is a touching story on Empathy in Emotional Intelligence. It is the story of a little boy who saw things in a perspective that was different from many other young children of his age. A farmer once painted a sign board advertising that he had puppies to sell. As he was driving the last [...]
Posted in Soft Skills Training Tags: Corporate Training, developing emotional intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, emotional intelligence coaching, emotional intelligence leadership, emotional intelligence skills, emotional intelligence training, empathy, happiness, healthy living, Personality Development, positive attitude, soft skills trainer, Soft Skills Training, success No Comments »Emotional Intelligence – Getting Into The Act
March 10th, 2010 Pramila Mathew I was recently watching the Hollywood movie, Sister Act, (1992) starring Whoopi Goldberg. The movie is about how Deloris (played by Whoopi) impersonates a nun and unwillingly accepts the responsibility of managing the church choir – while she is in hiding under police protection. I would like to talk to you about a particular scene [...]
Posted in Motivation, Soft Skills Training Tags: Corporate Training, developing emotional intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, emotional intelligence coaching, emotional intelligence leadership, emotional intelligence skills, emotional intelligence training, happiness, Personality Development, positive attitude, soft skills trainer, Soft Skills Training, success No Comments »Emotional Intelligence – The Ingredient For Great Leadership
March 3rd, 2010 Pramila Mathew In my previous blogs, I briefly introduced emotional intelligence and its importance in today’s world. This week I would like to quote a few examples from history to prove that you too can make it to the heights of achievement by emphasizing on emotional intelligence in every aspect of your life. Firstly, let us take [...]
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