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Leadership + Influence by Mastering Communication with Brain-Science (GrowthFuel President) Performance, Executive, and Communication Coach. Did you know that 95% of your purchase decision-making takes place in the subconscious mind? Harvard professor Gerald Zaltman’s research indicates that we humans enter every buying decision from a personally perceived frame of reference. From my research, this frame of reference is made

As a member of a team, you have a responsibility to help your co-workers, just as you’d expect them to offer assistance when you need it. However, when we’re all busy with our own responsibilities, we may not always be mindful of the challenges our colleagues are facing. That’s why we asked the members of Forbes

Have you ever felt less than your best at the end of a conversation? Frustrated because you could not fully communicate the genius of your ideas or concern? Perhaps you had no opportunity to participate as someone else’s competitive power in the conversation space created dominance. Maybe it was their title, their words or your

Peter Drucker once said, “The leader of the past knew how to tell. The leader of the future will know how to ask.” As leaders, it’s time to slow down and deeply examine how you converse with others and influence them. Leadership happens in the conversational space first and foremost. Today, I believe it’s necessary to raise your

I recently spoke with a bank executive who was in the beginning stages of launching a women’s affinity group inside her organization. One of the key decisions she needed to make was whether or not to allow men into this women’s group. She was torn about the pros and cons on both sides of the

Did you know that both males and females speak, on average, 16,000 words per day? Most of us believe that words are just words, so we tend to use them without much regard for the dynamics at play in the conversational space. We, humans, have an unconscious tendency to use talking for the purpose of asserting our

Are you exhausting your potential with an upper limit problem? Have you ever thought, “I have more to give”? Do you know deeply that you are capable of giving greater contribution levels? Have you ever thought, “I want or need to show up differently”? As talented, high-impact, high-achieving women, we genuinely believe we are capable of

Modern media has had much to say regarding female leaders allegedly lacking confidence, underestimating their abilities and holding back in business. A well-regarded piece from The Atlantic called “The Confidence Gap” discussed how and what professional women could do to close that loop. But I see it very differently from my work with female senior leaders and