Quickies – Page 3 – Business Communication Coaching with Effective Training & Communication

Why I Hate ‘You Guys’

January 11, 2019September 5, 2018 by Phil Stella

A reader asked what I thought about using the phrase ‘you guys’ when talking to a group of people. While there may be nothing wrong with it and lots of people use it, there’s nothing really right with it, either. And you never know when someone in your audience might take offense at it. In … Read more

We Know Where Cleveland Is!

June 14, 2018 by Phil Stella

I regularly attend networking or business events in Cleveland, where everyone introduces their businesses. Lots of people mention that they’re located in Cleveland, Ohio or Lakewood, Ohio or Beachwood, Ohio. They don’t bother to realize that they don’t need to remind people that these locations were in Ohio. Everyone knows that. Now, if they were in an obscure town like Lameville Heights, some people might need to know that was in Ohio.

Why I Love Meeting Math – And So Will You

January 11, 2019June 14, 2018 by Phil Stella

I thought by now there’d be no point for this rant. I started facilitating workshops over 30 years ago, based on time honored best practices for planning, leading and following up on workplace meetings. With the evolving workplace culture, new communication tools and the impact of technology, most meetings should have become obsolete, like manual type writers and micro fiche. Apparently, that’s not the case.

Definition of Success

January 8, 2019November 1, 2017 by Phil Stella

At the excellent BizConCle last month sponsored by Cleveland’s Council of Smaller Enterprises, one of the main stage speakers asked us all for our definition of success. Mine was short and simple – Do what you love … love what you do … and be good enough at it to support the life you’ve chosen.’ … Read more

I Don’t Get It!

January 2, 2016 by Phil Stella

Let’s start off 2016 with a new Quickie series of Mini-Rants called ‘I Don’t Get It!’

How often has this happened to you? You ask someone at a networking event where their business is located and hear ‘Cleveland Ohio’. Technically correct, but why the need to remind us what state Cleveland is in? Kind of a waste of time. I don’t get it!