Communications: Learn to be a “learner”

The single most critical skill to master for a successful transition out of academia is what you already know how to do but have buried for the last several years; be a great Learner. Sure you have to learn a job hunting process, learn about companies, learn about resumes and interviews – but none of that matters if your communication skills are still self centric, dominant and authoritative.  How do you go back to your well honed learning skills in communications that made you an expert?  STOP being the expert and Run you neural patterns to learn about your audience so your communication responses have “meaning and purpose in the world of the audience.”  Communicating with emotional and social intelligence is the theme in business so here is a very simple technique to reawaken your “interpersonal perspective” again!