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Feature Communication Expert:  Phillip Van Hooser, MBA, CSP, CPAE

Vital Communication Skills is proud to present our current feature communications expert, Phil Van Hooser. Phil's specialty is the power of Transformational Leadership and learning to communicate with employees and clients, boosting performance and profitability while building profitable, loyal customer relationships.

Phil offers executives and managers practical strategies that will transform the way they solve complex leadership issues. Vital communication skills are a large part of his speaker repository and as our feature communications expert, you can read his articles and interviews to help your own communication styles.

Improving effective interpersonal communication benefits everyone, both professionally and personally. Phil's comments on communication are a vital part of gaining an edge through a transformational impact™.

Van Hooser's Effective Communication Podcasts

Phil Van Hooser's audio podcast series provides several episodes on effective communication in the workplace. Phil discusses techniques for successfully communicating through issues of conflict and confrontation, finding ways of motivating employees, improving oral and written communication skills, and growing your own communication styles.

On Vital Communication Skills, you can listen to his four collected communication audio podcasts in your browser window:

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• Communication Podcast 2 - Beware the Leadership Curse. Play the podcast
  
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• Communication Podcast 6 - Developing Top Bananas. Play the podcast
  
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• Communication Podcast 9 - Earning the Right to be Heard. Play the podcast
  
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• Communication Podcast 14 - The Positive No. Play the podcast
  
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Van Hooser's Effective Communication Newsletter

Phil Van Hooser also provides a regular newsletter as part of his transformational impact™ website, and you can read his highlighted issue on communication and the importance of communication skills.

Newsletter Issue 105 - You Are What You Read

One of my all-time favorite speakers is a unique individual and a true gentleman named Charlie "Tremendous" Jones. During his 50+ years on the platform, Charlie has earned legendary status in the field of motivation and personal peak performance. There are more than 2,000,000 copies of his book, Life Is Tremendous, which has been translated into 12 different languages. (For more information on Charlie "Tremendous" Jones' considerable accomplishments and contributions, I encourage you to visit his website: http://executivebooks.com/.

One of Charlie's most memorable admonitions to his audiences is this: "You are the same today that you will be five years from now except for two things—the people you meet and the books you read." Think about that statement. I have. Now, think about it some more. The people we meet and the books we read. I think Charlie's on to something. The quality of the people we encounter, hang with, learn from—they all have an impact on the quality of our lives, either for good or bad. We know that to be true. Isn't that why we remind our kids and grand kids to pick their friends wisely? Maybe in some future issue of Transformational Tips we will explore the whole concept of the impact of "the people we meet." But for this issue I want to focus on "the books we read."

Are you like so many people I encounter who say they love to read, but simply can't seem to find the time? (Surprisingly, these same people can find the time to play on the computer, watch television, sleep and loaf—but not read.) Okay, I'm sorry, I don't mean to sound preachy. But, if Charlie Jones is right, the books we read play a key role in our future personal and professional development.

So, what kind of books have you read lately? Are they books that inspire creative imagination, deeper thinking and purposeful action? Are they books that challenge your understanding of who you are, what you're doing and where you're going? If not, for heavens sake, why not? It's time to dig deeper.

May I suggest a few books that I have found valuable lately that can be helpful to you as you continue your leadership and service professionalism journey?

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