Jan 24, 2019 | Decision Making, Leadership, Personal Improvement, Speaking, Uncategorized
Every seventeen seconds, someone, somewhere in the world, is watching a TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Talk. If you have access to the Internet, it’s likely you’ve either heard of or watched one. In my first book, A Climb to the Top, I introduce the...
Jan 17, 2019 | Communicating, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Personal Improvement, Speaking, Uncategorized
As an author, speaker, and professor I’m frequently asked to be a guest on podcasts, panels and other events where individuals are looking to improve their leadership and communication abilities. Through the years I’ve compiled some of the more frequent questions that...
Jan 10, 2019 | Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Personal Improvement, Success, Teaching, Uncategorized
I’ve previously addressed the difference between a leader and a boss – take a peek at that article and then asked yourself, which one am I? Most of us want to be leaders who others admire, trust and want to follow; we ourselves want to work for leaders that we trust,...
Dec 20, 2018 | Communicating, Leadership, Success, Teaching, Uncategorized
I’m often asked when I’m invited for interviews or podcasts how I got to where I am today. Like all of us, there are a number of driving factors and influences that guide us throughout our lives. However, I frequently think of my father, who was a professor of...
Oct 18, 2018 | Personal Improvement, Success, Uncategorized
You’ve no doubt heard, used, and even applied this maxim to yourself or those around you. Fake it until you make it…or rather, actually become it. There are plenty of studies that back up the notion that there is a lot of power in visualizing the achievement of...
Oct 11, 2018 | Communicating, Leadership, Uncategorized
We can always improve our communication – always! Not all of us will be required to give formal speeches on a stage with hundreds of people. However, each day you give a series of mini-speeches to audiences ranging in size, of matters differing in importance. You...