In my workshops on communication, I often talk about the power of listening. It has the power to influence, it gives us the ability to learn and it allows us to connect and persuade others. I was inspired by a TEDx talk by a Columnist Ronnie Polaneczky. In it, she…
Have you experienced a team member or manager that violated a policy? And when you confronted them they said, “I did not think a policy was a commitment.” I encountered this question in the new book by Fred Kofman Ph.D. The Meaning Revolution. In Fred’s story the executive shared that…
For many people, going to a networking event is painful. In part because it sometimes feels like people are just handing out cards, looking for a deal. Although I have to say that many of the events I have attended recently I have not seen that. Another reason that people…
In my corporate career I was with a firm that acquired 22 brands and tried to consolidate them into one. Think about that 22 distinct companies, leaders and cultures, consolidated into one. What followed was Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, a fire sale acquisition and now the entity no longer exists. It…
Clients often ask me about developing Executive Presence, Leadership Presence, or Command Presence. Why not just call it presence? What is it? How do we develop it? Can we change our own presence? I searched for a definition and, while I got over 35 million returns for Executive presence, 38…
I recently had lunch with a friend and he was telling me about an organization (a startup) they had 28 people turn over in the last year. That’s out of a total of thirty (30). I don’t know about you but that is a BIG RED FLAG. In further questioning…
