Are There Any Universal Best Practices That Work?

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Whether you are a cactus or a snow flake, the person you're communicating with is a caxtus or a snowflake. That notion of think about their style and delivering it in a manner tat works for their style works well. Another concept that i duced in te book is what i call beans up the nose. We put beans up peopl's noses all the time. And whether we're snowflakes or cacti, we just have different tendencies and how we do it. So always pause before you speak and think, is this putting beans up the Nose?

Devora Zack shares approaches to understand a key personality trait–in yourself and others–so thinkers and feelers can thrive together at work.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to tell if you’re a cactus or a snowflake

2) The leadership style that harms motivation

3) The platinum rule for giving feedback

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— ABOUT DEVORA —

Devora Zack is CEO of Only Connect Consulting, a Washington Post bestselling author, and a global keynote speaker with books in twenty languages. Her clients include Deloitte, the Smithsonian, Delta Airlines, the FDA, Johns Hopkins, and the National Institutes of Health. She has been featured by The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, US News & World Report, Forbes, Cosmopolitan, Self, Redbook, Fast Company, and many others.

She is the author of Managing for People Who Hate Managing, Singletasking and her upcoming book is called The Cactus and the Snowflake at Work: How the Logical and Sensitive Can Thrive Side by Side, releasing November 2021.

• Book: The Cactus and Snowflake at Work: How the Logical and Sensitive Can Thrive Side by Side

• Book: Singletasking: Get More Done—One Thing at a Time

• Book: Networking for People Who Hate Networking, Second Edition: A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected

• Book: Managing for People Who Hate Managing: Be a Success by Being Yourself

• Website: MyOnlyConnect.com

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