Important Questions to Ask Your Financial Advisor By Szifra BirkeMarch 14, 2017articles, interviews, money conversations, skill buildingadvisors, allocation, asking questions, avoidance, brokerage, brokers, commissions, conflict of interest, contests, dentists, difficult conversations, executive coaching, fee only, fees, Fiduciary, firms, Gavin Morrisey, incentives, Jay Livingston, John Oliver, lawyers, Money, portfolio, Simple Steps to Change, standard, suitability, Szifra Birke Read More
Questions Can Help You Listen Better By Szifra BirkeOctober 13, 2016articles, skill buildingamygdala, ask, asking, bias, breath, breathe, coaching, conversation, curious, equanimity, executive coaching, hear, interrupting, Jay Livingston, leadership, listening, management, meaning, misunderstood, question, relationship, relax, respect, safe, Simple Steps to Change Listen, skills, Szifra Birke, teams, threat, understand Read More
How and Why to Bite Your Tongue By Szifra BirkeSeptember 6, 2016articles, skill buildingask, aware, coaching, considerateness, conversation, cues, curious, Deborah Tannen, executive coaching, habits, hear, high, influence, interrupting, involvement, Jay Livingston, leadership, listening, management, misunderstood, practice, progress, question, relationship, reminder, respect, Simple Steps to Change Listen, skills, Szifra Birke, teams, track, understand, wait Read More
Listening Strategy Number 2- Reflective Listening By Szifra BirkeAugust 2, 2016articles, skill buildingActive listening, ask, attention, business, coaching, communication, conversation, entrepreneurs, executive coaching, hear, information, informed, Jay Livingston, leadership, management, practice, profit, question, Reflective Listening, relationships, Simple Steps to Change, skill, strategy, Szifra Birke, teams, understand Read More
Why You Should Listen More Than You Talk By Szifra BirkeJuly 6, 2016articles, skill buildingask, awareness, coaching, conversation, curious, entrepreneur, executive coaching, hear, ideas, influence, information, informed, Jay Livingston, management, misunderstood, motivation, positive, practice, productive, question, relationships, reminder, Simple Steps to Change Listen, skills, Szifra Birke, understand, wait Read More
Easy Strategies for Effective Performance Reviews By Szifra BirkeApril 19, 2016articles, skill buildingaccomplishment, business, coaching, conversations, curious, effective, employee, entrepreneur, evaluation, executive coaching, future, goals, growth, habits, Jay Livingston, leadership, loyalty, management, open, performance, pleasure, profit, project, relationships, results, reviews, Simple Steps to Change, skill, success, Szifra Birke, task, teams, training Read More
Comfort Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be By Szifra BirkeFebruary 10, 2016articles, skill buildingbenefits, brain, business, change, coaching, comfort, dental, discomfort, effective, effort, endurance, entrepreneurs, executive coaching, financial services firms, goals, growing, habits, Jay Livingston, law, leaders, leadership, management, medical, opportunities, performance, productivity, progress comfort zone, projects, relationship, satisfaction, significant, Simple Steps to Change, small businesses, sports, strategies, success, suffering, Szifra Birke, teams Read More
Surprising Problems with Praise By Szifra BirkeDecember 22, 2015articles, skill buildingacknowledgment, Amazing, business, coaching, communication, contributions, demotivate, dental, entrepreneurs, executive coaching, financial services firms, goals, Great Job, habits, Jay Livingston, law, leadership, listening, management, meaning, medical, praise, productivity, progress, projects, reward, satisfaction respect, Simple Steps to Change, sincere, small businesses, specific, strategy, Szifra Birke, teams, value, Wow Experience Read More
Encouraging Positive Behavior By Szifra BirkeMay 14, 2015articles, skill buildingacknowledgment, being seen, business, coaching, communication, dental, effectiveness, entrepreneurs, executive coaching, financial services firms, goals, influence, Jay Livingston, law, leadership, listening, management, medical, productivity, projects, relationship, reward, Simple Steps to Change: Your Business, small businesses, solution, Szifra Birke, teams, Your Life Read More
Successful Transitions By Szifra BirkeMarch 25, 2015articles, skill buildingbusiness, change, change expert, checklist, coaching, communication, dental, Ending, entrepreneurs, executive coaching, financial services firms, goals, grit, Jay Livingston, law, leadership, listening, management, medical, morale, Naomi Karten, Neutral zone, new beginning, productivity, projects, resistance, Simple Steps to Change, small businesses, Szifra Birke, teams, The Transition Model, transition, William Bridges Read More