Sharon MacLean Tells How She Helps Executives Communicate More Effectively

Bill Lampton Ph.D.<br /> Hi there, welcome to the biz communication show. I’m your host Bill Lampton, the biz communication guy bringing you communication tips and strategies that will boost your business. Because my guest and I are going to share winning words and ways coming to us today from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Sharon MacLean, Sharon McLean believes we need leaders to quickly adapt and evolve within the ever changing dynamics of today’s business landscape. She’s an experienced business woman, digital communication strategist and instructor in communication for adult learners. This Canadian also is fond of saying she is on Team human I liked that. Sharon founded a magazine for business leaders with her husband and sold the media enterprise as she puts it before going broke amid the worldwide economic crisis of 2007 2009. This disruptive change led to her immediate upskilling for the online world, and the launch and investor backed marketing portal for wellness experts. Before she started specializing in content strategies for business leaders. Sharon relied on her experience in publishing together a team of experts and communication to train the evolving hybrid workforce and how we need that this team designed virtual communication mastery to recognize employees as drivers of the new economy. Now there’s a new slant and a welcome one. Sharon received an inspiration award from the universal Women’s Network, global televisions women of vision Award, and the YMCA is a woman of distinction in business nomination. And as she puts it, since life is lived in balance, she also likes to hike, bike golf, sang and travel as a digital nomad. So I know that you will enthusiastically join me in welcoming Sharon McLean. Hello, Sharon. Hello, Sharon. Sharon MacLean<br /> Hello, Bill. So nice to be here with you this afternoon. Bill Lampton Ph.D.<br /> Yes, and good to be with you as well. One of the things that I I would like to key in on to begin with, is where you said that you have, you have a very strong appetite for learning business. Business Communication, you have a very strong appetite for learning communication. So tell us how that started. Now that’s that’s not something that’s universal. It’s very special. And of course, it’s something you and I share. And that is a desire to learn lifelong, as much as we can about communication. What prompted that with you, Sharon? Sharon MacLean<br /> BELL I communication is central to my life. And I believe it’s the the lifeblood of humanity. Because it really talks to communication, relationships between one to one one to many, community, when to community want. And the world. So back as a very young woman, I really felt the the need to really work on and develop relationships and and how do we do that while we try to do that with better communication skills. So that carried me throughout my lifetime here. Bill Lampton Ph.D.<br /> Along that line, I would ask, what do you do to keep that going? You’ve got that appetite. So in what ways? Do you continue to develop your communication skills? And your answer to that will give us some tips on how we can do that? Sharon MacLean<br /> Well, for me, it’s been a matter of lifelong learning, and testing and watching and communicating and making mistakes. In communication and then learning from those mistakes, but I’m gonna say, life long learning, you know what Bill I just never ever learning what is new in our communication world and certainly most recently, with artificial intelligence, AI chat GPT has got me in thrall today. Bill Lampton Ph.D.<br /> One of the one of the factors that you and I both are aware of is that in the last 20 to 25 years with the, the great opportunities we have with the internet, and now as you mentioned, artificial intelligence, it takes lifelong learning, it’s impossible to say get a degree 30 years ago, and then you’re in step now it just, it just can’t be done.