The data is in. With all of our customers, we track usage-to-improvement rates very closely. After all, our whole purpose is to ensure our users are getting better over time; that the more they use our solution, the more their presence improves. In a recent customer launch, with around 150 users going through their assessments over …
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Universities sit at an interesting cross roads between innovation and traditionalism. When it comes to AI, there are many reasons universities need to tread carefully. But there are also many reasons why they have to begin to incorporate AI into various aspects of university life, and curriculum so that all students (not just those studying …
Recently, the CEO of Zoom, a leader in video conferencing during the pandemic, made the decision to call employees back into the office. Everyone quickly wanted to know…why??? Eric used to be known as the man who conducted all of his most important meetings over video. This month, he stated that his employees are struggling to …
As nice as it would be, we are likely not be feeling our best every single day. Most likely, there will be a particularly important day when you just feel low energy, under the weather, uninspired…the opposite of what you want to be feeling when you are about to present or do something big. As …
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Who you hire is the number one most important factor in the success of a business as it grows. There is a lot of technology focused on how the interviewee might be doing…but what about the recruiter? How might their behavior be affecting the conversation, the level of trust and rapport that ultimately reflects the …
At this point, it’s likely you’ve heard that hand gestures can be an effective way to convey trustworthiness, to appear engaged and energized and even to help your audience understand and retain what you are verbally sharing with them. We’ve written a number of articles on effective hand gesture use on our blog here, here and here. But is …
Grammarly recently conducted a study on the overall state of communication (both verbal and text based) and its relationship with productivity and deal win rates. Interestingly, the ‘ROI’ on communication has been notoriously hard to track. Did that deal go through because of what was said, how it was said, the time of day, the length of the …
A broad study was published recently surveying the soft skills employers are seeking vs the soft skills employees feel they need training. This is all within the context of a drastically, and continually evolving world of work. The top three soft skills that were identified in this study, are: 🗣️ Communication ❓ Problem Solving 🌱 …
In communication training, cultural context is always a factor to consider. Over video, since we aren’t entering a room, shaking hands, bowing or kissing, how do we account for cultural nuance? Does it even matter? While we may think that cultural nuance in communication is erased over video…this simply is not the case. In this …
Positivity Bias is a term that can be applied to many circumstances, people and contexts wherein an unwarranted bias is made towards what is perceived as ‘positive’, or ‘optimistic’. In nonverbal communication, we see a lot of positivity bias, both when we observe feedback being provided (either by humans or AI) and when we observe feedback …
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