The most disciplined leaders I know are able to shift not just their minds but their moods as they move from one topic to the next in a day’s worth of meetings. Are you leading people? If you had an awful budget meeting with your SVP right before … [Read more...] about Context switching is mood switching
Is panic a strategy?
Ryan Holiday’s The Obstacle Is The Way, is the perfect read for anyone facing huge unexpected, constant change. LIKE ALL OF US RIGHT NOW. Our nervous systems may go a bit crazy, which messes with our ability to make good decisions. Here’s Ryan on … [Read more...] about Is panic a strategy?
Questions are vital data!
You’ve just finished your brilliant twenty minute presentation on your new genAI-enabled customer service solution, but the customer’s only question at the end is: “What have you heard about capacitor tariffs?” What? You may be thinking, “Was this … [Read more...] about Questions are vital data!
Stack rank your worries
When nothing feels certain, it can really help to focus on the basics. Don’t know whether or how tariffs will impact your business or what you’ll say about them when they do? Don’t know how the latest foundation model or lightweight open source model … [Read more...] about Stack rank your worries
Everything is communication
Not answering an email IS an answer to an email. An eyebrow raise can be more important than 30 minutes of talking. A quick text can bring down or elevate a whole company. Everything we do (and don’t do) communicates. This is why, when we wring … [Read more...] about Everything is communication
The right vibe
Here’s a truism to start the year: You can be present for other people when you’re not consumed by noticing/worrying about yourself. If you are pre-occupied with imposter syndrome or your headache or your mortgage, the noise in your own head may … [Read more...] about The right vibe
Prepare for the climb!
Image: Pixabay.com Change and growth can be uncomfortable and scary. It’s spectacularly uncomfortable to realize what we don’t know. And that’s not all – the steep end of a learning curve takes enormous resilience and stamina to climb. I try to … [Read more...] about Prepare for the climb!
Soundbites!!
Every great communicator delivers artful soundbites - in media interviews, in talks, in all hands meetings. Soundbites are useful EVERYWHERE. What’s a soundbite? A short, interesting sentence, in normal human syntax. Soundbites are memorable. A … [Read more...] about Soundbites!!
Silence is a strategy too
Yes, I am a communications coach. I help people deliver great messages to all sorts of audiences. But sometimes silence is the most powerful form of communication. More often than not, the best way to position yourself in an email battle is not … [Read more...] about Silence is a strategy too
Don’t climb your mountains alone!
One of the great benefits of being in charge is that you’re in charge. There’s no one standing over you telling you what to do. One of the biggest problems with being in charge is that you’re in charge. There’s no one standing over you to ask what to … [Read more...] about Don’t climb your mountains alone!
