I recently worked with a CEO to prep him for a broadcast media tour. Throughout the whole training, my sage colleague Peter Shaplen kept reinforcing two essential points: keep it simple and make it personal. TV audiences, who get maybe 1 – 3 … [Read more...] about Simple and personal
Sometimes a 1:1 is harder than a keynote!
Your head of sales isn’t happy and wants to meet at 3, your 16 year old said last night she wants to spend the summer in Asia alone, your largest customer just sent an ominously vague e-mail demanding a call immediately. Yikes!! Conversations like … [Read more...] about Sometimes a 1:1 is harder than a keynote!
Mastering yourself
Being an innovator requires courage – an unwavering commitment to delivering a brand new thing. It requires resilience – surmounting obstacle after obstacle, in service of the idea. It requires an insatiable appetite for self-awareness and personal … [Read more...] about Mastering yourself
Change requires humility, courage and discipline
The basic recipe for change is pretty clear. But that doesn’t mean change is easy. The people in our lives are used to us the way we are, we are used to us the way we are. In fact, our brains, which hate changing the patterns we have created, fight … [Read more...] about Change requires humility, courage and discipline
Practice = confidence = fluency
Why is it worth actually practicing your communications skills? Why is it worth investing energy to learn techniques, to sharpen your messages, to spend time on the stage before the speech? If you aren’t prepared you can appear pre-occupied and … [Read more...] about Practice = confidence = fluency
Follow the Nerdist Way
September’s back to school vibe has me focused on the subject of making productive change. One of my favorite books on this topic is Chris Hardwick’s The Nerdist Way. Besides being pungently hilarious, it’s actually helpful. And super accessible. … [Read more...] about Follow the Nerdist Way
The recipe for change
This made me laugh out loud: “If information was the answer then we’d all be billionaires with perfect abs.” That gem comes from Derek Sivers. Reading about, listening to podcasts about and talking to my friends about meditation did not give me … [Read more...] about The recipe for change
Everything you do communicates with your customers
poseycorp’s position is that nothing will serve you and your vision better than developing exceptional communication skills. As Stephen Covey says “Communication is the most important skill in life.” I believe this strongly enough that I’ve built my … [Read more...] about Everything you do communicates with your customers
How you feel impacts how you communicate
The last three posts have not specifically been about communication, they’ve been about what it feels like to be in a leadership position – how people project ‘boss’ onto you and lose sight of who you really are, how the leadership mantle depletes … [Read more...] about How you feel impacts how you communicate
Circles, Arrows and Saatchi & Saatchi
On July 29, Saatchi & Saatchi Chairman Kevin Roberts, surmising about why women in his firm choose to opt out of becoming creative directors, said, “Their ambition is not a vertical ambition, it's this intrinsic, circular ambition to be happy.” … [Read more...] about Circles, Arrows and Saatchi & Saatchi
