‘Witless Silence’ or Agent Provocateur?
Some helpful communication lessons from recent, high profile police investigations: Be very conscious of the importance of Trust in spoken communication, and ensure you maintain
Some helpful communication lessons from recent, high profile police investigations: Be very conscious of the importance of Trust in spoken communication, and ensure you maintain
Des shares a favourite source of impactful quotes – and leads us to a seasonal poem Regular readers may recall I’m a big fan
And, “to fail to prepare is to prepare to fail” Try to imagine that you’ve been obsessed by outer space since childhood. And that deep
Snakes Alive! Who said that? Des looks at the power (and pitfalls) of quotations “Every great story seems to begin with a snake”. We’ll see
“We’re Following the Science!” Des looks at how GPB’s Scientific Analyses can help you In recent times here in the UK, the phrase in my
Persuasive Communication: Examples from Famous Authors Des takes persuasion lessons from Austen and Dickens. The latter offers us a famously topical festive example A recent

Optimising Persuasive Impact: Pull AND Push – but Pull first! Develop and Combine the power of your persuasive ‘muscles’ – in the right order. As
Adopting the Seven Rhetorical Canons for successful persuasion Des looks to The Beautiful Game for communication tips Recently the business of football (“the only global

Respond well to questions – but how long have you got? Several key factors work well together to help you give persuasive responses to questions.
Through the Perilous Fight?* ‘Five Gold Rings’ have ruled President Donald Trump’s communication strategy; we should avoid them. Four Christmases ago, the US electorate had