How to Get Your Boss's Boss to Understand

By adopting checklists, seeking third-party reviews, and utilizing the FINESSE Fishbone Diagram, you can greatly improve your communication

It is particularly useful in strategic planning, systems thinking, and collaborative decision-making.

...attractiveness can play a significant role in routine or low-stakes decisions.

Tolerating failure only works when you confirm that the redundancy works.

Where most advisors lose the "trust" in "trusted advisor" is when they mix the roles of “advisor” with “decision maker.”

Improving our communication skills makes us better technical professionals and respected trusted advisors.

Think about it the next time you do a presentation – are you leaving 75% in the tank?

The Trump assassination attempt provides several good examples related to the FINESSE fishbone diagram and the I in FINESSE.

Business presentations consume our more productive time, our work-life balance suffers, and we often don't get the recognition we deserve.

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