by Natalie Manor | Jul 14, 2021 | Communication, Leadership
Let’s just pretend that the screen time meeting you just finished was terrific. Everyone showed up on time. They remembered to unmute. The new team member was prepared for introducing herself. The boss visiting and listening in on the meeting went well. The next...
by Natalie Manor | Mar 25, 2021 | Coaching, Communication, Leadership
There it is…the 17th time you need to remind someone to unmute on a Zoom call. It can rile you in ways that you find yourself completely frustrated. Why? Well, think about your judgement button. When you have a technique handled and use it well, you can become a...
by Natalie Manor | Feb 17, 2021 | Coaching, Communication, Leadership
Frustrating, maddening, exhausting and convenient. Zoom has changed our communication choices forever…and is that good?? It is in this weather – 95 million people with artic cold; sleet; ice; and snow. We get to stay inside. Communicate easily with others. Not have to...
by Natalie Manor | Nov 5, 2020 | Communication
There have been lots of opinions in the last months about everything. Lots of heated opinions. If you are lucky, once an opinion is stated, you get to have a conversation. Then that lovely thing called communication happens. And if you are really, really lucky, a...
by Natalie Manor | Jul 30, 2020 | A Better Life, Communication, Leadership, Motivational
In any leadership development, especially in training new managers and instituting a succession plan, you need to make sure that all the “residue” is known and cleaned up. Long term employees who have contributed to the growth of the organization, need to be surveyed...
by Natalie Manor | Jun 3, 2020 | Communication, Leadership, Motivational
“On Saturday, May 30, 2020, SpaceX, the rocket company founded by Elon Musk, launched a Falcon 9 rocket with a Crew Dragon capsule carrying two NASA astronauts on top. SpaceX is now the first private business to accomplish a feat — taking people to orbit — that had...
by Natalie Manor | Dec 4, 2019 | A Better Life, Coaching, Communication, Confidence
For the past several days I have offered free 30-minute calls to see how your 2019 year is going and to get ready for 2020. It was an offer to have a conversation with an expert on outcomes and goals, me, and just relax and discuss what might be bothering you or...
by Natalie Manor | Oct 23, 2019 | A Better Life, Communication, Stress
Whoa, don’t throw that phone. No one is worth that kind of anger or energy. Besides it is probably not covered in your phone’s insurance coverage. Breathe, get out of the space, remove yourself from the room, building, café, webinar, staff meeting. Just easily stand...
by Natalie Manor | Sep 18, 2019 | Communication, Leadership
“Not my favorite time of year” shares a client with me. She has 23 performance reviews to complete on 23 expectant, highly trained, essential, critically needed talent that report directly to her. Performance reviews are needed and we need to know how their...
by Natalie Manor | Feb 12, 2019 | Communication, Leadership
Let me speak directly to you. Not your team, organization, business or BOD. What have you given up in the area of profitability and relationships because of your judgments and expectations around the meaning of trust? In the early years of coaching, I used the...
