Today in the first installment of my 16 learning posts to celebrate 16 years in business on my Remarkable Learning Blog, I wrote about the value of writing. Check it out, then return here for some specific leadership lessons. Welcome back! In the post I talked about the value of writing to all of us.Â
In a leadership skill training workshop this week (you can learn more and sign up for future sessions here), the group and I began talking about the value of presence and charisma as keys to leadership influence. While the conversation was wide ranging; examples shared there, and others that I can add now based on
This is a post prompted by the anniversary of the attacks on the United States on 9/11/01. While that was a tragedy of epic proportions, many good things happened in the days and weeks that followed, not the least of which was that people across the United States became more aware of their values. The
This post is about persuasion, influence, the power and importance of positive feedback and recognition, with a sprinkling of marketing and social media thrown in for good measure. For all of those reasons everyone in corporate leadership, executive leadership or ANYONE interested in developing effective leadership skills should read on. First a back story. For
46 years ago today, one of the most famous speeches in American history was delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In it, he told 200,000 gathered on the Mall in Washington D.C. and the world that “I have a dream.” Today I ask you, as a leader, What’s Your Dream? Before you start backtracking or
A few years ago Major League Baseball took steps to increase player safety by changing helmet specifications. The NFL has also redesigned helmets in an effort to reduce the number of concussions. Baseball helmets can now withstand a baseball at a speed of 100 mph without breaking or impacting the safety of the player wearing
On my Remarkable Learning blog I recently wrote about the dangerous and powerful question we can use. (While you will want to read the post, the question is “Why?”) On Twitter I recently tweeted “Remarkable Leaders are great question askers.” Which got a number or retweets and comments. In part because of these recent events, and
Guest Post from Jenny Pratt . . . . Time Magazine recently conducted this poll: “Now that Walter Cronkite has passed on, who is America’s most trusted newscaster?” 9410 people responded and 44% said Jon Stewart of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. NBC New’s Brian Williams was a rather distant 2nd with 29%. Seriously? Jon Stewart is the
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