By Steve Yastrow The premise is simple. People are persuaded or make decisions based on their reasons, not yours. And so our completely preplanned, preprogrammed, and scripted presentations won’t work. Whether you are a sales person, leader, business owner or parent, you are “pitching” your ideas to others every day, and this easy to follow
Today I tackle a question that most of us can relate to: When I have to choose between “getting things done and off my desk” or spending timing reading blogs/articles/books that encourage and inspire me, which is the best use of my time? It’s a great question (thanks, Deidre!) and being stuck at the crossroads
Lots of people have visions of crashing and burning when giving a speech. The nightmares seem real, and yet while you may not like presenting and may have had some blunders, you’ve likely not had a presentation-nightmare-come-true like Michael Bay (Director of the Transformer movies, among many others) had in Las Vegas last week. He
Most people love to hate PowerPoint when they are watching others use it. But when it is their turn to present, the dreaded tool becomes their best friend. (i.e. crutch of choice). The truth is PowerPoint can be an incredibly powerful tool for communicating your messages with greater clarity and persuasive power. . . but
This month, members in the Remarkable Leadership Learning System are focused on improving their skills at communicating change. Perhaps that is why this quotation struck me so hard this week. There are many implications of this powerful idea, change being one of them. More below. But first, your weekly questions and action steps. Questions to
My calendar shows January 8th – which means we are already more than one week into the New Year. Which means that a goodly percentage of those who set resolutions have already broken them. Which also means that there are many people who planned to set goals during the holidays – and definitely before January
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