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Communication Psychology and HR – with Gerhard Ohrband — 137 episodes
How to Overcome Polarization in Discussions
How to Get More Information from Employees — and from People in General
The Biggest Mistake Is to Make No Mistakes
When Companies Outsource Responsibility for Soft Skills
Why We Often Don’t Share Useful Information With Our Colleagues
Why We Sound Unconvincing in Conversations — Even When We Mean Well
Why We Resist Improving Our Communication Skills
Employee Voice Between Pretense and Reality
What Do I Think and Feel About This Person?
Error Management Training for Communication
Why Learning from Success Stories Might Not Be a Good Idea
How Can I Admit My Own Faults?
Improving Communication and Soft Skills Becomes Critical in a Crisis
Why Keeping Updated on Politics Improves Your Customer Service
How to Handle Toxic People at Work
Learning Perspective-Taking in Conversation
Listening to the Person Behind the Words
Can I change my voice?
Is “fake it until you make it” a good strategy for communication?
Why “No Complaints” Might Be the Worst Sign in Your Company
Why Being Yourself Is Not Enough in Communication
Common Misconceptions About Communication Training
Are Our Communication Skills Really Improving?
What Is Perfect Communication?
Numerology and HR — Dangerous or Useful Shortcut?
How to Deal With Your Own Mistakes in Communication
The dangers of practicing communication with AI
What Is the Problem with Labelling Your Employees?
The Four Top Mistakes Made by Job Interviewers
Is Authenticity Overrated?
When Positive Comments Have Negative Consequences
There Are No Conflicts in Our Team
What to Do Against Second Thoughts After a Conversation
How to Master Your Inner Dialogue
The Unscripted Challenge - Why Difficult Conversations Feel Harder Than Public Speaking
How to See the Good in the Bad While Talking to a Difficult Person
The myth of leaving our comfort zone
Can Conflicts Be Productive?
When Conversations Go Wrong: What You Can Learn From Regret
What to do about stage fright?
How to become more flexible in your conversations
What is the correct attitude towards communication mistakes
Why we are afraid of working on our communication skills?
Are you Type 1 or Type 2 self-confident?
How to learn a foreign language scientifically
Are there communication risks in becoming dependent on AI?
What is psychological safety and how important is it?
What to do with difficult coworkers?
Why should we measure communication skills?
Growth or fixed mindsets in communication
How to learn a foreign language scientifically?
What if you feel you are a terrible communicator?
Self-Revelation: How Much of You Is in Every Message?
Double bind and how to avoid it
Impression management tactics in conversation: Securing the home game advantage
How perfect should you really communicate?
What is the communication square?
Reversibility as a sign of respect
How many words do I need to learn really?
What resources do you need to learn a foreign language?
Don’t worry about language tests early on
How to not waste time while learning a foreign language
Start specific, become more general later
The problem with playing the devil’s advocate
What is an altruistic speaker
How objective am I about my language skills
What words do I need to know in a conversation
When will I be ready to engage in conversation in a foreign language
What is an egotistic speaker
Who will give me the permission to speak in a foreign language
How to simplify our language learning
Language as a form of intimidation
How to simplify our speech
How can I develop more empathy while speaking
Why we love to use complicated expressions
Listening with four ears
The Hamburg Understandability Concept for written texts
How to look smart in a foreign language
How to prepare for job interviews in a foreign language
How to prepare for language tests
What can I do to become less shy?
Social anxiety and learning a foreign language
SMART goals in language learning
How to set realistic goals in language learning
How to generate your own grammar exercises
Real vs. fake structures in language learning
Why we need water in our information diet
One of the most neglected aspects of pronunciation
The 3D theory of communication difficulties
10 situations you should practice in your language courses
Typical self-sabotage in learning a foreign language
How do I know my real language level?
The convenient lie of learning any language in just two months
How to find your blind spots in a foreign language
How to learn any language in one minute per day
What is literary language?
What if people have negative expectations of your language skills
How to set proper boundaries in your language learning
How dangerous is colloquial speech?
How to become more objective about our language skills
What you should do at the beginning of each language course
How effective are language lessons?
What if you banned your native language?
What should the role of a language teacher be?
Plan systematic interruptions to learn a foreign language
False excuses for not learning a foreign language: I don’t have time
Practice constructive embarrassment
How to deal with perfectionism in learning a foreign language?
The two fundamental mindsets for using foreign languages
What is true self-confidence in communicating with others?
What does good communication really mean?
Do I need to maintain a certain standard when speaking to different people?
How can I study my audience?
What if I have been making mistakes for years?
Do I need to be talented to speak a foreign language?
Why you should study a foreign language in unfavorable conditions
How to prepare for making free conversation
How can I find the cheapest language course?
Narrow vs. wide language teachers
The problem of inconsistent learning methods
What about the difference between spoken and written language
What are your blind spots in learning a foreign language
What is the cost of not getting better in a foreign language
Our comfort zone is the enemy to our improvement in a foreign language
The biggest mistakes in learning a foreign language only few people talk about
The Future of Language Learning in an Age of AI
You are not learning a foreign language to impress your teacher
Consume local media from the countries of your customers
How to become more flexible in understanding English accents
Typical mistakes in business communication in a foreign language
How to memorize new words better
What is the use of intensive language learning?
How to stop wasting time while learning a foreign language
Should I practice to speak only after I feel sure about my language skills?
Egotistic vs. altruistic speaking in foreign languages
How to express yourself more clearly in foreign languages?
To make no mistakes should not be the goal in language learning