Interpersonal Edge
Armed with a Ph.D. in Human Development, Daneen Skube wants to help readers improve their communication skills at work. Her lively Q&A business advice column addresses professional communication with co-workers, supervisors, customers and mentors. She throws out a broad net encompassing everything from how to handle a passive-aggressive peer to the best way to reveal to your boss that you’ve messed up. Skube’s engaging style offers a punchy read filled with useful tips.
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Daneen Skube, Ph.D., is director of Interpersonal Edge, a firm that strives to give companies and individuals the interpersonal advantage at work. She’s been writing a column on workplace communication for The Seattle Times since 1994. Her column focuses on improving day-to-day interactions among coworkers, supervisors and clients. Her advice blends a keen counselor’s insight with a management consultant’s pragmatism to give readers the tools they need to get ahead.
Skube, author of “Interpersonal Edge: Breakthrough Tools for Talking to Anyone, Anywhere, About Anything,” also gives organizations and private clients an edge in an increasingly competitive business world through organizational workshops for Fortune 500 companies, government, health care, accounting, consulting, legal firms, family businesses and manufacturing facilities. She also coaches boards, CEOs and management teams. A “Workplace Guru” on the Seattle FOX affiliate, she offers workplace advice to viewers every Monday morning.
Skube has lectured on workplace communication at conferences around the world and is a guest on television and radio shows spotlighting workplace communication. She’s a member of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.
Active in the field of workplace communication, executive coaching and counseling for more than 27 years, Skube holds a B.A. with an emphasis in psychology and nonverbal communication from Evergreen State College, an M.A. is in organizational development and a Ph.D. in human development, both from The Fielding Institute, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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