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Your conference may be canceled, but your business is not!

Lisa Poulson / March 17, 2020 / Change, Communication, Evangelism, Leadership, Persuasion, Public Speaking, Spokesperson /

poseyblog is trying something new in 2020 - we’re keeping posts under 1300 characters. You can always get more depth and resources in poseycorp’s newsletter - subscribe here!   The Coronavirus doesn’t care about your business. If your user … [Read more...] about Your conference may be canceled, but your business is not!

You’re always holding a megaphone

Lisa Poulson / December 3, 2019 / Communication, Leadership /

Communication Leadership

One upside to long commutes from San Francisco down to Sunnyvale or Santa Clara is that I’ve always got lots of time for podcasts!  A few weeks ago I listened to Ben Horowitz on The Tim Ferriss Show talking about his new book, What You Do is Who … [Read more...] about You’re always holding a megaphone

Don’t climb your mountains alone

Lisa Poulson / October 29, 2019 / Leadership, Professional Development /

Leadership, Professional Development

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

Words matter

Lisa Poulson / July 30, 2019 / Communication, Leadership /

Leadership communication

It’s 2000, during the decadent late days of the dot.com boom, just weeks before the inevitable crash.  It’s a Friday afternoon and no one’s doing much work in the office. I’m sitting there with our 33 year old CEO, who’s feeling pretty good … [Read more...] about Words matter

Chief Storyteller

Lisa Poulson / February 19, 2019 / Communication, Leadership /

Leadership communication

It’s amazing to see even more ways that leaders can use the power of story in Scott Belsky’s brilliant and accessible The Messy Middle.  This book is full of reasons why leaders must tell stories to their teams. Here’s Scott on using story to … [Read more...] about Chief Storyteller

Communicate to create

Lisa Poulson / September 18, 2018 / Internal Communications, Leadership /

Internal leadership

I love Anand Sanwal’s CB Insights newsletter for a thousand reasons, not the least of which is that it makes me snort with laughter more than anything else these days. In a recent newsletter he reflected on challenges as his team, which was 25 in … [Read more...] about Communicate to create

What you believe impacts how you communicate

Lisa Poulson / May 31, 2018 / Communication, Evangelism, Leadership, Public Speaking /

Evangelism Public speaking

Here in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, there are two kinds of people: those who think HBO’s Silicon Valley is the most hilarious thing on television ever, and those who can’t stand it because it’s too painfully true to life. I’m in the most … [Read more...] about What you believe impacts how you communicate

How you feel physically impacts how you communicate

Lisa Poulson / May 24, 2018 / Communication, Leadership /

Evangelism Public speaking

Desperately jet lagged after an 18 hour flight to Asia? Your local PR person wants you to go straight to the TV studio? Nope. You need a nap, a shower and some food before you do any media interviews. About to go on stage for your big keynote? … [Read more...] about How you feel physically impacts how you communicate

How you feel emotionally impacts how you communicate

Lisa Poulson / May 17, 2018 / Communication, Leadership /

Communication Leadership

Twenty-five years ago I was a happy PR girl engaged to a spectacular man. He was killed in a helicopter crash four months before our wedding. For months afterwards I was the worst communicator in the world. I was so broken and preoccupied I could … [Read more...] about How you feel emotionally impacts how you communicate

How you see yourself impacts how you communicate

Lisa Poulson / May 3, 2018 / Communication, Leadership /

communications leadership

You’re an authentic, open, relatable person. You love to listen. Being a good person is important to you. You’ve seen so many a**holes in Silicon Valley. The last thing you ever want to do is look in the mirror and feel like one of them. These … [Read more...] about How you see yourself impacts how you communicate

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