As an entrepreneur, you're probably an optimist – someone who sees a glass as half-full, not as half-empty -- but with plenty of room for improvement. Even so, the results of a major report on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ann Latham writes about true clarity and its power to transform. On my first day of hiking across Provence with my partner, our ...

Have you ever witnessed a project spiral into chaos, missed deadlines piling up like a house of cards? The culprit might not be a lack of effort, but rather a stealthy adversary often underestimated: ...

Email is a convenient channel for office communication, but its easy availability and frequent use make miscommunication nearly unavoidable. Even the most carefully crafted and well-intentioned ...

Communication relies on shared meaning. For example, say you’re in an office meeting and a package gets delivered. You may put on a dramatic tone and say, “What’s the box?!” If your coworkers have ...

Imagine a situation when you are sitting in your boss’s room and waiting for the following command. Meanwhile, you say something to your boss, and he feels agitated due to the same issue. Immediately, ...

It is hardly a shock that managers spend 75 percent of their time communicating with staff. While approximately 75 percent of manager/staff communication is face-to-face, unfortunately, ...

If you Google the word "dumb," the most popular hit is a website called Dumb Laws. Alabamans beware: it's illegal to carry an ice cream cone in your back pocket; New Yorkers may not jump off a ...