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Year: 2020

4 critical ways to build trust

Whether you are a longtime leader sitting in the C-suite or a brand-new worker on the frontline, you want the people with whom you work to trust you—and your ability to do the job. Here’s what you can do to gain others’ trust.

Filler up!

We all use filler words, or vocal disfluencies, in our daily speech. The junk food of the applied linguistics world, they come off as sloppy and faltering. We should try to banish them, especially from our professional speech as much as possible. Right? Well, not necessarily.

Microsoft Word: Get the picture?

Diagrams, pictures, charts and graphs can clarify your message, support your case and help visual learners to understand the information. Here is how to get them in there, make them look crisp and clear, and get them to stay put.