Communication

The two unspoken productivity killers

I was asked to be a guest on the ABC Melbourne radio show The Conversation Hour last week. This was off the back of a video blog done by the ABC finance presenter Al...

Reduce unnecessary CCs by empowering your team

Prefer to listen? Listen to Dermot's audio recording below: I am noticing a recurring behaviour with many people who email me. I’m not sure if I’m noticing ...

Collaborative versus adversarial negotiation

So, here I am, back in Oz after our trip of a lifetime to Italy and Europe. So many highlights, both personal and from a work point of view. One of them was spending...

When you don’t have your camera on

Something that I experience a lot, and hear my clients talk about, is online meeting participants not turning their camera on. Now, I know that with remote working, ...

If you need me to do something, ask me directly

So much of the work that we are responsible for involves asking other people to do things, or provide necessary information. And of course, it requires others asking...

How The Oscars can teach us how to communicate

'And the award for best picture goes to…La La Land’. Oops! Many of you will remember the terrible gaffe at the 2017 Academy Awards where Warren Beatty and Faye ...