035 | Mastering Communication with Meredith Bell

Written By Yvette Barry

Meredith Bell is a performance improvement expert and author. As the President and Co-founder of Performance Support Systems, Meredith and her team have produced tools and software to help leaders improve performance by inspiring others to do their best work. The 360-Degree feedback tool her organization created has helped countless leaders build effective communication with their teams. Meredith has also written various business books including Connect With Your Team: Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills.

Today, Meredith shares her journey from teaching to co-founding her publishing and software company. She explains how the 360-degree feedback tool was developed and how it helps coaches and leaders. She reveals a simple method of raising self-awareness and a helpful lesson she learned in working with her business partner. Meredith also discusses how to build trust with your team and help them feel valued, as well as how expressing appreciation helps others value themselves.

“When we can go in and speak calmly and confidently to someone, the chances are better that they can hear us.”
- Meredith Bell

This week on The Unwritten Rules Podcast:

  • The journey that led to Meredith creating her own software and publishing company

  • How the 360-degree feedback tool was developed and how coaches and organizations use it

  • A simple way to raise your self-awareness when working with others

  • A lesson that Meredith learned when working with her business partner

  • How to build trust with your team and make them feel valued

  • How you can give effective feedback to your team and boss

  • How Meredith developed her service mindset

  • Why learning to help a person is a key to assisting in their self-development

  • How expressing appreciation helps people value themselves

  • What’s next for Meredith and her team

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Our Favorite Quotes:

  • “Ask some version of this question: ‘What’s one thing I can do differently to make your experience working with me better?’” - Meredith Bell

  • “We all want to feel like we matter; it’s a core human need.” - Meredith Bell

  • “The better we help other people feel about themselves, the more they can contribute” - Meredith Bell

Connect with Meredith Bell:

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