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Alan Feirer

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Alan Feirer is a leadership trainer, Authorized Wiley DiSC Partner, Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team Authorized Partner, and organizational development consultant. For the last 18 years, he has done business as Group Dynamic, helping people solve problems and get more done by working with managers, directors, leadership teams, staffs, and team members to maximize the potential of their organization through leadership training, coaching, team-building and communications training.

Mr. Feirer lives in Winterset, Iowa, with his wife, Julie, and daughter, Mara. Feirer's other interests include competitive Scrabble, exercise, travel, dining, and anything Disney related.
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Building Trust Through Language: Part 3

This is the last video in our series on building trust through language choice.

In our first segment, we explored choosing your language. Then, in part two, we discussed leaning away from that choice as a means to connect. Today’s focus? Speaking the language of others.

A first step is to work to speak the languages that are opposite yours. In my case: stability and accuracy. I need to embrace det

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Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People

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