How to Have Difficult Conversations at Work: A Practical Guide for Managers
Difficult conversations do not need to damage trust. Learn a practical, calm approach to addressing performance, conf...
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Why Communication Skills Matter More in the Age of AI
AI can make work faster, but it cannot create trust, judgement or real connection. Discover the communication skills that will help you lead, influ...
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How to Sound More Authoritative in Virtual Meetings
Your knowledge may be excellent, but on a video call your voice, pace and presence shape how confidently the room receives it. Use these practical ...
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Unlocking Your Potential: Voice Training, Confidence Building, and Communication Skills at The Voice Clinic South Africa
In a world where effective communication and self-assuredness are paramount, The Voice Clinic South Africa stands as a beacon of excellence. Offer...
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The Resounding Success of The Voice Clinic in South Africa
In the realm of healthcare, certain specialized clinics are emerging as game-changers, attracting attention for their unique offerings and excepti...
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How to Speak with Confidence and Sound Better!
We can definitely make our voices sound confident and influential! This course will give you the easy steps you can take today to love the sound of y...
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Paralanguage - can make or break your practice
Your voice and body language conveys 93 percent of your communication message – make this message count. Monique Rissen-Harrisberg, CEO and founde...
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Billionaire Warren Buffett Says This 1 Skill Will Boost Your Career Value by 50 Percent
Imagine working on one skill in 2017 that--once you improve it--will raise your value by 50 percent. The one skill is public speaking. The divi...
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Watch SABC 3 Tonight
Tune in Tonight!. Kevin McKerr our CRO will be on SABC 3 tonight at 18:00 talking about Voice and Accent. Response from: KONE MASWANGANYI"I watche...
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"I am not my accent"
"I am not my Accent"Or am I? When I saw the synopsis of an upcoming show on Real Talk with Anele where they were going to talk about language discr...
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Put on Hold Driving You Crazy?
Waiting on hold with an airline, cable provider or credit card company is a reliably irritating experience. So reliable, in fact, that researchers ...
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Re arrange your Karma by singing
I am convinced from my own experience that music has a powerful effect on changing one's current mood, stress levels, and the ability to feel engag...
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Find your professional voice with The Voice Clinic express workshops
Leaders in professional communication skills training, The Voice Clinic, will be hosting a series of express workshops focusing on a range of topic...
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Congratulations Johan Kruger
Congratulations to Johan Kruger from Namibia, who has won the iPhone 5 with his purchase of a 12 Week Individual Voice & Pronunciation Skype C...
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Does Music Have a Positive influence at work?
It has been known since the dawn ages of man that music and rhythm have been powerful communicators and mood influencers. Music has the ability to...
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Can Stress be Controlled?
The answer is a complex one: " Hmmm... Maybe Yes in your situation [Yay], but on the other hand ...No [ Why is it always No for Poor Me], consider...
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Who is the best speaker in Parliament?
South Africa’s Parliament can be a noisy and exciting place - with some members being better speakers than others. Monique Harrisberg of the The...
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PUBLIC SPEAKING TIPS
Public speaking reportedly scares us more than death, spiders and heights. According to one American study, the fear is hardwired. So, giving a goo...
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COURT TRANSLATORS SHOULD BE BETTER TRAINED TO AVOID PUBLIC EMBARRASSMENT
Interpreters help people from different cultures to communicate effectively, in spite of language differences by translating orally what one per...
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LET YOUR VOICE MAKE YOU STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD
There’s no denying that times are tough, jobs are harder to come by and when you have one, it’s so much harder to hold onto it with the spate of r...
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PUBLIC SPEAKING WILL PAVE YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS
PUBLIC SPEAKING WILL PAVE YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS There are a lot of criteria that may be used to judge the greatness of a speech out of which the cont...
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THE VOICE CLINIC CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF BUILDING CONFIDENCE AND CREDIBILITY
The Voice Clinic, one of the world’s leading training companies specialising in voice, communication and public speaking skills training celebrat...
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MAKE YOURSELF HEARD – Communicate effectively
MAKE YOURSELF HEARD – Communicate effectively “Establishing and developing effective communication is important in order to be heard and change you...
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Time management tips to reduce stress
Time management tips to reduce stress Stress management involves controlling and reducing the tension that occurs in stressful situations by making...
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DO I REALLY SOUND LIKE THAT?
You hear the sound of your voice on the answering machine or voicemail and you are appalled by what you hear. Do you really sound like that? “The g...
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Own Your Voice: A Businesswoman's Most Effective Tool
"If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman." This tongue-in-cheek statement was spoken by the late "Iron Lady"...
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DON’T LET YOU’RE VOICE SABOTAGE YOUR BUSINESS
“You might think ‘sabotage’ is something that your competitors do, but it could be something that you do to yourself,” explains Monique Harrisberg,...
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MOTIVATE YOUR COLLEAGUES AND CREATE A WIN-WIN SITUATION AT THE OFFICE
“Learning to motivate yourself and your colleagues is the recipe for success,” says Monique Harrisberg, CEO and founder of The Voice Clinic, one of...
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SOUND OF VOICE SPEAKS VOLUMES ON THE PHONE
Humans instinctively perceive a phone caller’s body size and attractiveness from frequency and voice quality, despite the growing influence for t...
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NEGOTIATE YOUR WAY TO THE TOP
NEGOTIATE YOUR WAY TO THE TOP It has been said that some people just have a knack for negotiations. Not only do they know and use the tools and te...
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ASSERTIVENESS WILL AVOID YOU BECOMING THE WORKPLACE DOORMAT
People who are assertive are less likely to resort to anger in the workplace. Assertiveness is an essential workplace skill. It is getting your t...
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PUBLIC SPEAKING SURE TO BE A CAMPAIGN CLINCHER FOR MAMPHELA RAMPHELE
Public speaking skills are as important as any politician’s sincerity a sin the case of Mamphela Ramphele who announced the launch of a new polit...
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HOW MUCH STRESS IS OK ?
Modern life is full of hassles, deadlines, frustrations and demands. For many people, stress is so commonplace that it has become a way of life. ...
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WE DO NEED QUIET TIME
Noisy appliances, loud music and constant connectivity have become an accepted backdrop to modern living, says Monique Harrisberg, CEO of The Voice...
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SET YOUR GOALS FOR 2013
People feel as if they're lost in the world and with the end of the year just around the corner, most are very confused about 2013. People work h...
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GETTING HIRED
Today most people will have more than one career and probably even more jobs in a lifetime. With this in mind, The Voice Clinic, a leading communic...
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MAJOR CAUSES OF STRESS IN THE WORKPLACE
Dr Judy Jaye, manager of The Stress Clinic Job stress comes in many different forms and can affect you in many different ways. Minor sources o...
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GOOD VOCAL QUALITIES WILL PAVE YOUR WAY TO THE TOP
In these tough times, when jobs are harder to get and even harder to hold on to with the spate of retrenchments and company shutdowns, it is ...
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PUBLIC SPEAKING COULD BE YOUR CAMPAIGN CLINCHER
Public speaking skills are as important as any politician’s sincerity in his political aspirations for his constituents. How he uses words, his ...
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EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATION HAS TO BE TWO WAY
Communication cannot be one way; that would be news. Executive level communications have to be two way and have to be crystal clear. Communicatio...
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ARE YOU PRESENTING TO TOP MANAGEMENT ?
CEO and voice expert , Monique Harrisberg The senior executives are the toughest crowds you will have to face when doing a prese...
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KEEP STRESS UNDER CONTROL DURING THE EXAMS
With the end of the year exams around the corner, you may already feel the pressure. ‘Don’t let the looming exams turn you into a nervous wreck....
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THE VOICE CLINIC FIRST TO OFFER "EXPRESS WORKSHOPS"
The Voice Clinic Express Workshops ™ designed for managers, sales staff, personal assistants and secretaries, is a perfect opportunity to sharpe...
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EMPOWER YOURSELF: DEVELOP YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN THE WORKPLACE
CEO of The Voice Clinic, Monique Harrisberg Companies are demanding more from their employees than ever before. Higher client expectations, incr...
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Reigniting the Art of Conversation
Communicating via email is a growing trend among employees and employers in the workplace, but what is the effect it is having on our social skills...
