How to Get Your Boss's Boss to Understand

Big decisions take months or years to make, involve an inner circle of advisors, require some math, and evolve through uncertainty.

Business leaders deal with tables every day.

The N in FINESSE stands for Noise reduction. We normally think of noise in four forms–the way people mentally process information, the...

An Example In the end, the sign said simply ‘John Thompson’ with a picture of a hat. Conciseness Conciseness involves conveying...

The burden is on the message sender, not the receiver when it comes to effective communication. This is especially true when it comes to...

Communication noise can be efficiently reduced by aligning the data we share with the meeting type. The five meeting types, or...

Color blindness should be addressed in your communication and facilitation approach, whether you believe it to be a deficiency, an...

Communication is the exchange of information or ideas from one person to another. It has three elements: a communicator (or sender), a...

FINESSE is a linear communication approach that places the burden of an effective message on the sender, not the receiver. Most...

Facilitation of risk management plans starts with understanding key definitions, understanding organizational context, and choosing the...

The more we talk, the more data we produce, the more supporting information we provide, and the more noise we create. Minimizing noise is...