Leadership

December 3, 2017
Communication Skills , Leadership , Persuasion , Public Speaking
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3 Practical Ways to Gain More Social Presence

Social Presence seems like an elusive concept. We can definitely recognize it when others have it, but it’s tough to replicate. These are practical steps you can take to build your social presence immediately. 1. Say things that are slightly risky Key word being slightly. You want to push the ...

November 16, 2017
Leadership , Mindset , Persuasion
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What a Natural Alpha Really Looks Like

(Listen or read the post below) The alpha is the big dog. The boss. The leader. The concept of the “alpha” was derived from observations of wolf packs in captivity in the mid 20th century. Since then, the alpha idea was applied in the spheres of personal development, business, leadership...

November 11, 2017
Communication Skills , Leadership , Persuasion
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Charisma is Not Just for Extroverts

(Listen to the audio or read the full post below) Charisma is “the ability to attract, charm, and influence the people around you.” It’s also defined as “a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure” And as: “c...

June 13, 2017
Leadership
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Why Great Leadership Means Balance

Leadership is a matter of intelligence, trustworthiness, humaneness, courage, and discipline … Reliance on intelligence alone results in rebelliousness. Exercise of humaneness alone results in weakness. Fixation on trust results in folly. Dependence on the strength of courage results in violen...

June 12, 2017
Communication Skills , Leadership , Persuasion
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How to Guarantee Your Proposal Gets Heard

Jonathan and Thomas both have a great idea for their companies. Jonathan works at a multi-million dollar firm, and so does Thomas. They are equally qualified and talented. They both give their proposal to senior team members at the same time of the fiscal year. They both speak to the key decision-ma...

May 29, 2017
Communication Skills , Conversation , Leadership
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Doctor’s Weak Communication Skills Hurt His Important Message (video)

Dr. Marc Siegel, clearly a very intelligent and experienced physician, has trouble getting his message across. In this 3-minute segment with three goofball news anchors, he tries to communicate some points about salt, but quickly loses control of the discussion: As the only one there with any med...

What the Trump Implosion Tells Us About Leadership

Donald Trump’s first few months in office have been one massive problem after another. His inexperience and incompetence are on full display almost every day. Trump was great at getting elected, and since then it’s basically been all downhill: scandals, possible illegal activities, firin...

May 20, 2017
Communication Skills , Leadership , Persuasion
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How Emmanuel Macron Became the French President (video)

Following up from my previous post on body language and eye contact in one of the French presidential debates, here we have the final debate. This was between the two remaining candidates, Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron. We know now that Macron has won the presidency. And watching this debate, i...

May 16, 2017
Leadership , Persuasion , Public Speaking
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Theresa May vs Jeremy Corbyn in Prime Minister’s Questions Before the UK Election (video)

In a few weeks the UK will go to the polls and elect a new Parliament. The Conservative party of Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to win decisively. The second-biggest party is the Labor party. The leader of Labor is Jeremy Corbyn, who faces off against May during the Prime Minister’s Qu...

April 29, 2017
Communication Skills , Leadership , Public Speaking
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They Don’t Need Your Data, They Need You

There are three main skill levels in public speaking, identified by our inner dialogue: At the beginner level, we think “how do I look?” This is the most basic mindset, where we are most concerned with how we look to the audience and whether they are judging us or accepting us. Most pe...