Communication Coach Alex Lyon
How to Make Friends as an Adult
Learn How to Make Friends as an Adult with the 5 Tips I use personally. Making friends and meeting new people as an adult is much different than making friends when we were younger for lots of practical reasons.
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Manners Matter Part 3: Understanding Communication
In this episode of "In Control," we take a deeper dive into the intriguing world of manners. We explore some of the puzzling norms about posture, handshakes, and politeness, admitting that, even though we may not understand why they...
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What is teamwork and how can it help perform better?
This video is about the importance of teamwork in achieving common goals and the five stages of teamwork, as identified by educational psychologist Bruce Tuckman. It highlights the challenges students face in group projects and the...
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How to develop active listening skills
In this video, viewers will learn about active listening skills and the importance of developing these skills skills, especially in today's fast-paced world of communication. The video also provides examples of active listening, such as...
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STEAM Skills
This video lists top four life-skills that can be developed through applying STEAM Education and show how these skills are important for career success for all professions nowadays and in the future.
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Talking About Your Skills In English - Job Interview Tips
"Learn lots of extremely useful vocabulary to help you talk about your professional skills in English. Some of the vocabulary you'll learn in this lesson: Hone/sharpen your skills: to improve or devop your skills over time: - Over the...
Seven Dimensions
Managing Crises: Putting People First
In this video, Ross Campbell, a crisis management consultant, discusses the importance of preparing for and managing crises. He emphasizes the need to prioritize people and their well-being during a crisis, as well as the significance of...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Leadership Theories Top 10
These are my Top 10 Leadership Theories. These theories of leadership are offered in chronological order as an unofficial mini-course and meant to provide an overview of ten of the most helpful and influential theories of leadership in...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Communication Skills for Leaders Training
Communication skills for leaders training. This channel, Communication Coach, provides videos every Monday on communication skills for leaders to increase your impact and lead your team with more excellence. I post on leadership...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Donald J. Leu - New Literacies Research Lab
Donald J. Leu is the John and Maria Neag Endowed Chair in Literacy and Technology at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Leu directs the New Literacies Research Lab. He is an international authority on literacy education, especially the...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Downward and Upward Communication: Workplace Communication Skills
Effective workplace communication skills require a balance of downward communication or top-down and upward or bottom-up communication. This video looks at this balance of communication in organizations.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Organizational Ethics Explained
Organizational ethics has practical value for today's workplaces and Dr. Ryan Bisel (Part 2 of 2) explains five key ways to have more open conversations about ethically questionable issues.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Immediacy in Communication
We look at an Immediacy definition, behaviors, skills, and benefits so you can improve your nonverbal communication skills. What is immediacy? In interpersonal communication, it is one of the main ways that we create a feeling of...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Leadership and Communication Skills
Weekly videos on leadership and communication skills for your professional development: Presentation Skills, Conversation Skills, Group Leadership Skills, & Leadership Skills.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Alex's Book: Case Studies in Courageous Communication Book
Here's overview of my new book on my organizational communication and leadership, a case study book. It includes case studies on 31 "name brand" organizations like NASA, the Miami Dolphins, Massachusettes General Hospital, JetBlue,...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Individual Contributor Vs Manager
What are the differences between individual contributor vs manager? This transition from employee to an official leader and supervisor role involves different skills and characteristics. We'll look at meanings, titles, roles, and job...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Compassionate Communication
Compassionate communication skills can transform your atmosphere.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Group Leadership Skills: Part 5
Group leadership skills often requires refocusing tangents in discussions. Tangents make people crazy. Your group leadership skills need to be able to handle them off-topic conversations. In Part 5 (of 5) in this collection of videos on...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Group Leadership Skills: Part 4
In Part 4, we look at how group leaders clarify or synthesize the flow of a conversation to refocus on the key issues and move the group forward toward possible solutions. At some point in most group and team discussions, the leader must...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Learning Styles Auditory Visual Kinesthetic
You can use learning styles--visual, auditory, and kinesthetic (VAK)--when public speaking. FREE 7 Instant Tips for Confident & Composed Public Speaking http://www.communicationskillscoach.c... Whether for leaders, teachers, or students,...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Empathetic Listening Skills
Empathetic listening skills help you communicate that you are putting yourself in the speaker's shoes to connect with their emotions, and attempting to feel what they are feeling.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Politeness Theory
Politeness Theory and Face (Goffman and Brown & Levinson) can help us have difficult conversations and communication effectively. This video gives examples of how positive and negative politeness sound in a conversation. Politeness...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Group Leadership Skills: Part 2
Group leadership involves asking good questions. Many leaders talk AT the group and discussions fall flat. In Part 2 (of 5) in this collection of videos on Effective Group Communication Skills, you'll learn how to ask good questions in...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Clear Communication in the Workplace
Clear communication in the workplace is a valuable skill.