It pays to write well and fast. Here’s how to prevent the most common business writing blunders that can sink a project, your credibility, or your career: Prevent Business Writing Blunders: 5 Best Practices Don’t Start Too Early The toughest part of writing is thinking. When your thinking has been insufficient and you [...]
In my coaching practice, executives often tell me they want to improve their ability to tell stories that inspire and persuade. But as we start work together, they often haven’t thought about the subtle difference in delivering a story versus narrating one. Big difference. Let me illustrate here as best I can. Okay, I can’t [...]
By Guest Blogger Jeff Davidson At first glance, 2017 appeared to be a banner year for movies. Anytime you would open the newspaper to the movie section, the appeal was strong. When visiting RottenTomatoes.com, you couldn't ignore the large number of movies rated 80% or higher. Yet, a nagging, insidious trend has continued for decades: [...]
The essence of leadership is communication. As a leader, your words have the power to motivate or demoralize, inspire or discourage, clarify or confuse. The language of leadership matters a great deal to how your team performs. Many would-be leaders discover that it’s often subtle things about their communication that keep colleagues and supervisors from [...]
Is writing a book one of your goals for the new year? If so, these 10 tips can make the difference between dickering and done. Now that I’m 47 full-length books down the road (all sold to major publishing houses), plus more than a dozen other compilations, I can attest that these principles work. A [...]
In the movie Jerry Maguire, Tom Cruise barges into his home after an argument and long separation from his wife, starts an explanation meant as an apology, and makes a romantic plea: “You complete me… You…” She interrupts, “You had me at hello.” In case you don’t recall the entire plot, let me just say [...]
