294 episodes
Just Saying - The BRIEF Lab Joe McCormack
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4.9 • 73 Ratings
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When someone is nodding when you’re talking, how do you know if it’s genuine interest and understanding or simply fake listening and they’re ready to go to sleep?
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Ep. 333 – How to Survive an Awkward Silence
Imagine the odd feeling of standing in silence on a long elevator ride filled with a mix of friends and strangers. Enduring silence can be a momentary reality in conversations, interviews, meetings and presentations. It can feel uncomfortable, strange and even embarrassing. Rather than look at it as cringeworthy, we need to manage and even […]
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Ep. 332 – Three Ways to Communicate Like a Boss
You expect a leader to talk like one. However, in a variety of moments professionals talk like amateurs. They speak over and for their subordinates, dilute their own words, and pull punches with weak, apologetic language. In this episode, I share three simple practices that can make you sound like you really run the place.
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Ep. 331 – Reframing a Message to Regain Focus
Like a picture hanging on a wall, any message must periodically be adjusted, cleaned, and even rehung entirely. Communication can easily get tired, out-of-date, and unattractive. Our opportunity is to first notice this is the case, then to step in and reframe the message that is deliberately organized, undeniably appealing and clearly explained.
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Ep. 330 – It Doesn’t Matter
If something doesn’t matter, why do we keep talking about it? As you sit in enough meetings and conversations, you can easily conclude that people spend a lot of time mindlessly doing this. It not only wastes tons of time, but also induces professionals to feel helpless, unfocused, and fruitless at work. In this episode, […]
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Call Back Episode – Ep. 274 – The social media time warp
Recent research indicates that spending time online, especially on social media, fundamentally changes our perception of time. If asked how much time do you think you actually spend online each day, would your answer be accurate? In this episode, I challenge you to rethink the time you allocate online (versus what you get in return), […]
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Ep. 329 – The Intersection of Interests
One of the most important aspects about effective communication is being able to get what you want. Whether it’s landing a sale, gaining a leader’s support, or securing a new promotion, we are trying to take aim on a targeted objective and often end up missing the mark entirely. In this week’s episode, I share […]
Customer Reviews
Provocatively Useful
Joe, I simply wanted to publicly thank you for crafting this podcast series. Perhaps we can share ideas that were inspired from your Episode 155 in due time.
I’d be interesting in digging deeper into “What is Fear?” and how we as communicators and listeners in our modern world may be using that word too loosely...and confusing ourselves on why we should speak up (or not), when to do it, and how we might.
In any case, EXCELLENT series, phenomenal episode (#155), and HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to others not yet following this podcast
Great advice on communicating for impact
Joe McCormack’s Just Saying podcast takes a page from his book Brief. He provides quick but rich pointers in how to communicate in a focused way to get the desired results. I learn every time I listen.
Great Tool!
Joe’s podcast is a great tool to supplement his course material or listening to it without taking the course. His podcasts are 15 minutes or less and are easily digestible during commutes.
Definitely recommend!