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Five Thoughts on Persuasion

Persuasion. I’ve written about it recently, and yesterday I posted a Remarkable TV episode on the same topic. When I start teleseminars (like the ones at RemarkableLearning.com), I often start with quotations from others to give greater perspective. Today, I’ve decided to do what I sometimes do at the start of our teleseminars, by sharing some

Remarkable TV: Want to Be More Persuasive?

Persuasion cannot happen until we understand one thing. Watch this video for tips on influencing your audience and having more effective persuasive communications. The art of persuasion starts with understanding your audience. Until you do you can’t persuade anyone. @KevinEikenberry (Tweet It) You can learn more about the Communicating for Results workshop here. If you

Why Leaders Must Consider Fun as Part of Their Job

Work and fun. Maybe you haven’t ever thought about those two words in the same sentence. There are certainly people who don’t equate those two ideas together, or while they wish it could be true to have fun at work, they’ve never really experienced it. My premise is that work can be fun, at least

Persuading the Person Who Won’t Budge

I thought today I would give a short answer to a question I get asked regularly. It gets asked in a variety of forms, but it all comes down to something like this . . . I have a person on my team that won’t budge. They don’t seem to care – about anything –

Five Ways Leaders Can Declare Their Independence

238 years ago this week, a group of men, a group of leaders, risked their lives and livelihoods to declare their (nonexistent) country’s independence from England. If you are from the United States, I wish you a Happy Independence Day! But actually I am wishing that all of you (regardless of the country that issued

Persuasion and Manipulation – Are They the Same?

Persuasion is not manipulation. If a connection between those words crosses your mind, I want you to break that connection – and I’ve got about 400 words in this space to persuade you. From the Merriam Webster online dictionary . . . Persuade – to move by argument, entreaty, or expostulation to a belief, position, or course of

Four Leadership Trust Busters

Trust. Your ability to lead is severely hampered without it, and the more of it you have, the easier leadership becomes. Plus, with greater trust comes greater speed of implementation, clearer communication and much more. It is certainly something that leaders must spend time creating and working intently to maintain. There are many things that

Six Reasons Leaders Need to Stop!

Every leader I talk to has plenty to do. We live in an age of the full plate, the fast pace and the stuffed to-do list. While this may be a sign of our times, there is another sign that we see and observe every day; and we don’t really realize that this sign can

Creating Customer Partnerships

Last week, I asked you to walk in the shoes of your Customers for a minute – and closed by asking you four questions with easy answers . . . but without helping you get to those answers. This week, I will close the loop by helping you lead in a way that creates closer,

How to Use Video to Become a (Much) Better Presenter

If you have ever been to a presentation skills workshop, you likely practiced with video. Whether you liked being video recorded or not, video can be a powerful tool for learning and improvement, if you use it correctly. Here, I want to give you some ideas for using that video for the maximum learning value.

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