If you or someone you know is seeking a more fulfilling and meaningful career pivoting between professional fields on a new team & is keen to succeed a stay-at-home parent rejoining the workforce or a recent grad trying to find their footing then this post will be of particular interest. My dear friend & colleague, …
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“We need to get people on board with this new direction,” one executive remarks as she describes the situation her division is facing. I’m on video call earlier this month, meeting with three leaders of a multinational company, and they’re telling me about the challenges they’re struggling to overcome. Another exec chimes in. “The teams …
How can you “Risk Forward” when you’re facing disruption, regulations, market compression, or are being asked to do more with less? Whether you’re in sales or leadership, technology or healthcare, financial services or the non-for-profit field, one core approach I share in my book, consulting and keynotes is the value of taking “MICRO RISKS.” …
Early in my acting days, in my first professional production after college, Nicholas Anthony Ballas, the director of the Santa Fe Actors Theater, taught me how important a crew is. He pointed to the booth high above where the lighting and sound team were located. “These people are important. Without them, we have no show.” …
Yes, this is indeed a post about leadership, teams, and fostering resilience. Water skiing (along with my wipeout) is the analogy. * * * As a keynote speaker, one of the many benefits of my role is the opportunity to witness leaders presenting to their teams. Often a top executive, (whether a CEO or …
Hi there! As we near the end of summer (at least in the Northern Hemisphere…) and you gear up for Q4, I thought I’d share 5 of the more popular posts from this past year in case you missed any or would like to revisit them. For a laugh For a critical “Rock The Room®” …
One of my favorite lines about the world of entertainment is this: “It’s not called SHOW SHOW. It’s called SHOW BUSINESS.” In other words, you need both. I believe this kind of combination is true for our work no matter what field we’re in. (More on that further down.) This is top of mind right …
Well, it was an utterly magical evening. The event: the 2024 Disney Legends Award Ceremony, this past Sunday Aug 11. I thought I’d share 3 insights from these exceptional artists, along with a festive 1-min highlight reel with pix and clips from an unforgettable night. What struck me about so many of the acceptance speeches …
Last week at our annual conference for NSA (National Speakers Association), we all participated in the classic board-breaking exercise. I hadn’t done it in years, but it is never not amazing. And powerful. It’s so easy for any of us to dismiss the value of a basic exercise (whatever that may be in your field) …
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Years ago, I delivered a presentation for the sales team members at Precor, the company that manufactures fitness equipment. And a few weeks ago, (to a room of 1200 leaders in the financial services industry) I told the story of what happened there and the revelation that I never saw coming. 🙂 Throughout my …
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