self awareness

Not Everyone Wants to Talk About Their Emotions at Work

By |2023-12-16T20:05:54-05:00December 28th, 2023|Business, Deborah Grayson Riegel in Inc.|

Mental health challenges in the workplace are getting worse, not better. Employees' mental well-being took a dramatic dip during the Covid pandemic and is still at risk due to ongoing stressors such as global political unrest, diversity and inclusion challenges, return to office initiatives, and economic uncertainty. Half of the global population will develop a mental

The Best Public Speakers Put the Audience First

By |2023-01-27T14:28:43-05:00January 27th, 2023|Business, Deborah Grayson Riegel in Harvard Business Review, Speaking|

Several years ago, I traveled from New York to Geneva, Switzerland to be the closing keynote speaker for the World Communication Forum. I was excited to have the opportunity to speak with global leaders about how nonnative English speakers can present their ideas — and themselves — with greater clarity and confidence. For my allotted

How to Encourage Your Team to Give You Honest Feedback

By |2022-11-20T10:44:04-05:00November 20th, 2022|Business, Deborah Grayson Riegel in Harvard Business Review|

If you’re a manager, it’s not enough to be giving feedback to your direct reports. It’s part of your job to solicit feedback from your direct reports as well. As much as you might believe that you know your strengths and weaknesses well, without external self-awareness — an understanding of how what you say and

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