Denise Griffitts - Your Partner In Success!

Raising our game as communicators is the best way to make a difference in our careers and relationships, but it takes courage to find our voice, open up, and invite others to open up to us. As a life-long communication coach, Michelle Gladieux has discovered four obstacles keeping us from becoming the best communicators we can be: Hiding: Fear of exposing our supposed weaknessesDefining: Putting too much stock into our assumptions, being quick to judgeRationalizing: Leaning on pessimism to shield ourselves from taking chances, engaging in conflict, or doing other scary but potentially rewarding actionsSettling: Stopping at “good enough” instead of aiming for something better in interactions Michelle Gladieux is the author of 'Communicate with Courage: Taking Risks to Overcome the Four Hidden Challenges' and President of Gladieux Consulting, a Midwest-based team known for top-notch design and presentation of seminars in communication and leadership topics around the U.S. She provides executive coaching and fac