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David Marcotte, Head Coach at Marcotte Coaching, writes thoughtful articles intended to provide tangible and immediately applicable tips and ideas for helping you and your business grow. Presentation skills, online meeting skills, emotional intelligence, leadership, team building, feedback, and so much more are covered in these postings. Feel free to share these articles with others to spread useful and positive insights.

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Reality Check!

Reality Check!

Reality Check!

Here’s a trick to help you process your gut feelings, allowing you to build relationships rather than accidentally have them destroyed.

Nov 1, 20216 min read

How Professional Speakers Rehearse Presentations

How Professional Speakers Rehearse Presentations

How Professional Speakers Rehearse Presentations

Learn how to rehearse like a pro to maximize your limited time, build confidence, inspire your audience, and get noticed!

Jun 24, 20219 min read

What Is Your Professional Personal Stamp?

What Is Your Professional Personal Stamp?

What Is Your Professional Personal Stamp?

Personal and work personas are often so separated that the two never intertwine. Let's change this!

Jun 15, 20214 min read

A Case for the Camera

A Case for the Camera

A Case for the Camera

Webcam usage during your online meetings can feel awkward and uncomfortable. The benefits of using it, however, are priceless.

Apr 15, 20217 min read

Adapt like an App — 4 Ways to be More Agile in Business (and life)

Adapt like an App — 4 Ways to be More Agile in Business (and life)

Adapt like an App — 4 Ways to be More Agile in Business (and life)

What does the tech world know that business development ignores? Let’s explore.

Mar 2, 20217 min read

5 Tips for Retaining Customers by Maintaining Customers

5 Tips for Retaining Customers by Maintaining Customers

5 Tips for Retaining Customers by Maintaining Customers

Does customer retention need to be hard work? No.

Jan 29, 20217 min read

4 Steps to Hitting Your Emotional Pause Button

4 Steps to Hitting Your Emotional Pause Button

4 Steps to Hitting Your Emotional Pause Button

As trite as "think before you act" may seem, this simple adage could significantly shift your bottom line. Learn to hit your pause button!

Jan 13, 20216 min read

5 Ways to Reboot Yourself -AND- How to Turn Your New Year's Resolutions Into a Personal Revolution

5 Ways to Reboot Yourself -AND- How to Turn Your New Year's Resolutions Into a Personal Revolution

5 Ways to Reboot Yourself -AND- How to Turn Your New Year's Resolutions Into a Personal Revolution

Beginning anew is exciting and daunting. This article examines how to plan and keep New Year's resolutions, and 5 pandemic resolution ideas.

Dec 30, 20209 min read

The Top 5 Pandemic Superpowers of Soft Skills!

The Top 5 Pandemic Superpowers of Soft Skills!

The Top 5 Pandemic Superpowers of Soft Skills!

Check out the 5 soft skill superpowers that will help you navigate our current pandemic reality at work and home. Enjoy!

Nov 3, 20207 min read

Giving and Getting Feedback at Work

Giving and Getting Feedback at Work

Giving and Getting Feedback at Work

Annual reviews and one-on-ones can provide growth enabling feedback. Here's how to turn feedback into guidance and why it is worth craving.

Oct 6, 20207 min read

4 Online Meetings Tips for Starting Right

4 Online Meetings Tips for Starting Right

4 Online Meetings Tips for Starting Right

Everyone in your online meetings has life distractors hindering their ability to focus on you and your information. Let's help them focus!

Sep 8, 20204 min read

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