Accountability Starts With Taking Responsibility for Your Actions

Accountability Starts With Taking Responsibility for Your Actions

The other day I was in the kitchen making lunch, when the building shook. I immediately asked my colleagues in the back office if they were OK – as the accompanying loud “thud” I heard sounded like it came from their offices. They were both OK but looking out the...
Accountability Starts With Taking Responsibility for Your Actions

Presentation Skills Lessons from Tarzan

How can a classic cartoon impact your business success? A story from Tarzan… In the first scene, Tarzan just learned that Jane is in the jungle and he’s excited to meet her, but very nervous — just like many of us are before an important meeting or...
Accountability Starts With Taking Responsibility for Your Actions

Why You Didn’t Get That Promotion – Could This Be You?

Yet another story that proves the importance of visual signals and polishing your package… While the story below happened a while ago, it’s one that still resonates — and is relevant — to this day. The managing director of a large financial services firm...
Accountability Starts With Taking Responsibility for Your Actions

Your Presentation Package Counts: the Power of the Visual Message

I’m always fascinated by things that people don’t realize about themselves, things that might be significantly impacting their careers in a less-than-positive way. These bad mannerisms, wardrobe “malfunctions,” etc., all seem so obvious to us, don’t they? Yet often...