How HR Business Partners Can Communicate to Executives with Confidence

I had a request to make a video on how to communicate with senior leaders more effectively and how to do it with confidence.

I think a lot of the time, confidence comes from doing something well so I’ll be talking to you about some things you want to watch out for when you are dealing with senior leaders or executives.

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0:00 Introduction
1:41 A lack of preparation
3:35 No opinion of recommendation
6:51 Not having conviction
9:02 Take ownership of a problem
9:40 Solve issues before they become problems