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Imagine you are in front of 700 people, you have been billed as the ‘headliner’ of the conference and your slides just aren’t displaying, no matter what you try.  Pretty [...]

Have you ever attended a networking event and envied the person who seems to float effortlessly from individual to groups of individuals - collecting business cards and making real connections [...]

It’s been said that negotiations are much like the game of chess. There is the back and forth nature of discussion, the willingness to lose something - like a pawn [...]

The latest research on how a sedentary lifestyle is worse for our health than many of the bad habits we may have has been all over the news. Some headlines [...]

While our coaches can’t determine which of Gary Chapman’s Five Love Languages will help improve communications with your valentine, at this time of year I always find myself thinking that [...]

Picture this: You spend hours working your presentation, and when you are in front of the room you gracefully move through your power point slides and visual aids. After concluding [...]

Michael Bay, famous for directing and producing big budget action films with impressive special effects, is now infamous for his stage fright. It seems everyone is talking about it. Even [...]

We wish you a happy and safe holiday. In recognition of the holiday, the Point Taken offices will be closed from December 24 through January 1. We look forward to [...]

Thanksgiving has come and gone, and if you are like me, you have a laundry list of both professional and personal to-dos before 2014.  Productivity is the key to accomplishing [...]

As far as nonverbal communication goes, your environment provides observers with lots of cues they use to form impressions – and the state of your desk can be the basis [...]