First, a couple of caveats . . . When I say PowerPoint, I’m speaking generally – think Keynote and Prezi and whatever other similar tool you might use. I’m qualified to talk about this because I have been teaching and coaching presentation skills and trainers for over 25 years – before PowerPoint was even released

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Meetings…It’s probably safe to say that we all have our own horror stories of meetings-gone-wrong in the past. Here are four tips to help take some of the pain and horror out of your next meeting and to help more clearly define your role as a leader in meetings. Tweet it out: The leader’s most

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Sometimes unexpected events occur, difficult decisions are made, and external events cloud the future. It is the leaders job to navigate in these waters and communicate about these events and outcomes; even if the message is unpleasant and uncomfortable. This may happen in the form of a conversation needed with one person or with an

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By Lisa Hillenbrand and Ellen R. Auster, authors of STRAGILITY: Excelling at Strategic Changes Change we must, but how? Perhaps you are in a new position. Perhaps your organization is in a state of flux, and you’ve been asked to turn things around. Or maybe you are taking over a new project or leading a new

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Last week I went to my second Puscifer concert. (I went to my first one about four years ago – there is a bit of backstory here). Maybe you have never heard of this band, and it may not be your style of music. None of that really matters in relationship to the lessons from

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Foolish? Really? You’re going to have to give me a little latitude here as we lead up to April Fool’s Day, because by a dictionary definition, we probably don’t want to be foolish as a leader. Here is what I mean, from Dictionary.com Foolish – adj. resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered;

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