Ever feel like some people walk into a meeting and take over before you've finished your first sentence?

For steady and analytical personalities, highly dominant people can be frustrating to deal with. But what if the issue isn't their behaviour but that you're speaking different behavioural languages?

In this article, I explore how to stop getting walked over, understand what drives dominant personalities, and communicate with them in a way they actually respect.

The goal isn't to become the lion

It's to learn how to speak lion

Here’s something that is as present a topic in my day-to-day routine as a communications coach as is coffee or tea for breakfast, and I thought it worthwhile sharing since I am very certain that you’ve come across this problem before, and maybe haven’t quite found a fix for it.

If you’ve ever bumped heads with someone in a meeting or at a social event and wondered why the interaction felt off, it may have nothing to do with intent but rather...