Communication Coach Alex Lyon
How to Start a Speech
Learn the 5 Best Ways to Start a Speech or Presentation. Crafting a killer opening is a vital public speaking skill and separates beginners from more advanced speakers.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
How to Run an Effective Meeting 5 Tips
Learn How to Run an Effective Meeting with these 5 Actionable Tips. Most people don't like meetings, but these practical steps will make sure virtually all of your meetings will be more productive and enjoyable.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
How to Make Friends as an Adult
Learn How to Make Friends as an Adult with the 5 Tips I use personally. Making friends and meeting new people as an adult is much different than making friends when we were younger for lots of practical reasons.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Leadership Theories Top 10
These are my Top 10 Leadership Theories. These theories of leadership are offered in chronological order as an unofficial mini-course and meant to provide an overview of ten of the most helpful and influential theories of leadership in...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Downward and Upward Communication: Workplace Communication Skills
Effective workplace communication skills require a balance of downward communication or top-down and upward or bottom-up communication. This video looks at this balance of communication in organizations.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Organizational Ethics Explained
Organizational ethics has practical value for today's workplaces and Dr. Ryan Bisel (Part 2 of 2) explains five key ways to have more open conversations about ethically questionable issues.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Immediacy in Communication
We look at an Immediacy definition, behaviors, skills, and benefits so you can improve your nonverbal communication skills. What is immediacy? In interpersonal communication, it is one of the main ways that we create a feeling of...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Leadership and Communication Skills
Weekly videos on leadership and communication skills for your professional development: Presentation Skills, Conversation Skills, Group Leadership Skills, & Leadership Skills.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Stages of Group Development
The stages of group development or decision emergence theory (Aubrey Fisher) describes what you have likely experienced in a team. This video looks a Fisher's four phases of group decision making and development (1970), sometimes called...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Effective Listening Skills
Effective listening skills in the workplace and relationships are must-have effective communication skills. The overall lesson is this. Good listeners give feedback. That's a major active listening tip. 1. Give nonverbal feedback 2. Give...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Individual Contributor Vs Manager
What are the differences between individual contributor vs manager? This transition from employee to an official leader and supervisor role involves different skills and characteristics. We'll look at meanings, titles, roles, and job...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Compassionate Communication
Compassionate communication skills can transform your atmosphere.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Learning Styles Auditory Visual Kinesthetic
You can use learning styles--visual, auditory, and kinesthetic (VAK)--when public speaking. FREE 7 Instant Tips for Confident & Composed Public Speaking http://www.communicationskillscoach.c... Whether for leaders, teachers, or students,...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Empathetic Listening Skills
Empathetic listening skills help you communicate that you are putting yourself in the speaker's shoes to connect with their emotions, and attempting to feel what they are feeling.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Politeness Theory
Politeness Theory and Face (Goffman and Brown & Levinson) can help us have difficult conversations and communication effectively. This video gives examples of how positive and negative politeness sound in a conversation. Politeness...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Clear Communication in the Workplace
Clear communication in the workplace is a valuable skill.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Concise Communication
Learn concise communication skills training in this 5-part Professional Communication Skills course.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
How to Build Relationships at Work
Learn how to build relationships at work in this video.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
How to Tell a Story When Public Speaking
Learn how to tell a story when public speaking with Kit Pang from Boston Speaks. We'll look at how stories work, a simple way to organize them, and how you can find good stories all around you, if you know what to look for.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Types of Listening Skills
This video explains the four types of listening skills: They are appreciative, comprehensive, empathetic, and critical listening.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Social Capital Theory
Social capital theory, including Robert Putnam's and Pierre Bourdieu's view, has important business implications for leaders. In essence, social capital is a term that describes the power of relationships, the value found in relationship...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
4 Other Communication Channels I Recommend in 2020
I'd like to recommend 4 other great communication-related channels in 2020.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Effective Communication in Sales
Effective communication in sales situations is one of those topics that can make people feel uncomfortable. We'll talk to the author of Selling with Love, Jason Marc Campbell, to walk us through a more helpful way to view and approach...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
5 Canons of Rhetoric
The Five Canons of Rhetoric are a fantastic guide to improve your public speaking. The 5 Canons are: Invention, Arrangement, Style, Memory, and Delivery and can be used to make any presentation or speech better. 00:00 Introduction 01:09...