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List of Tips
Tip 1. Find commonalities.
Tip 2. Show concern and compassion.
Tip 3. Demonstrate cooperation with good intentions.
Tip 4. Be consistent.
Tip 5. Demonstrate competence.
Tip 6. Be correct.
Tip 7. Admit what you don't know.
Tip 8. Be complete.
Tip 9. Be current.
Tip 10. Be clear.
Tip 11. Avoid doublespeak.
Tip 12. Avoid exaggeration.
Tip 13. Evaluate criticisms and objections.
Tip 14. Accept responsibility for decisions, actions, and results where you have/had some control.
Tip 15. Keep confidences.
Tip 16. Avoid lying "offstage."
Tip 17. Be sincere and genuine.
Tip 18. Be vulnerable.
Tip 19. Make your appearance work for you.
Tip 20. Recognize that those in less powerful positions want to win your goodwill; interpret their words and behavior accordingly.
Tip 21. If as a powerful person you want to build rapport with others, remove the status symbols and power barriers.
Tip 22. Assess others' knowledge and experiences exactly.
Tip 23. Set a level playing field.
Tip 24. Avoid coming across as a one-directional communicator.
Tip 25. Avoid a reputation as a manipulator.
Tip 26. Be interested, not just interesting.
Tip 27. To express interest in someone, soften whatever it is you're doing.
Tip 28. Use radical language to be a leader.
Tip 29. Have a sense of the dramatic when you talk.
Tip 30. Learn to self-disclose.

 
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