New Year Goal: Slow Down
Do you remember the words, “Slow down, you move too fast, you've got to make the morning last?” from the Simon & Garfunkel song, “The59th Street Bride Song” (Feeling Groovy)? I’ve taken those words to heart – as one of my goals (note that I didn’t say...
New Year, A New Attitude of Happiness
Happy 2012! What kind of year will this be for you? I expect it to be fabulous. From my experience (not to mention research on happiness and positivity), when people expect the best – they typically get it. And, of course, vice versa. I don’t mean to sound naïve, but...
Are you task-oriented or people-oriented? And which is better?
What business are you in? It doesn’t matter what the industry is, or what your job title is … we are all in the people business. This sounds so obvious doesn’t it? But take time to look at what usually happens at work … accomplishing various tasks or goals is...
Relationship Building Is About Face-Time, Not Facebook & Other Computer Connections
Although I am engaged in social networking, and use often technology for connecting with people, I wonder when it became more important than face-to-face or even phone interaction? Many work issues could be avoided if people would get up from their computers, and walk...
Leadership Lesson: Don’t Leave Dead Bodies
Leaving “dead bodies” is no way to lead, build relationships, or get results. Yet, all too often, it happens. Although I coach people for a variety of reasons – leaving “dead bodies” is frequently a concern. What are some techniques to use, to...
Encourage Questions After Your Presentation & Engage Your Audience
Over the past few weeks, I delivered a number of Physician Speaker Training program for physicians, medical device specialists, and corporate leaders. Of course, messaging and content delivery are critical. Where I get the most questions as a trainer and executive...
Effective Meetings Step 5: Post-Land
So, a decision has been reached due to the great work you did during the Pre-launch, Launch, Navigate and Land phases of the meeting. Well, it’s not over yet. “Now what?” you may ask... Just like a great presentation, the meeting needs a...
Effective Meetings Step 4 – Land
If you’ve been using the techniques for more effective meetings that I’ve been sharing here the past few weeks (Pre-launch, Launch & Navigate), you probably are already seeing improvement. The Land phase, helps the group members reach an agreement and make...
Effective Meetings Step 3 – Navigate
I’ve already focused on the pre-launch and launch phases of successful meetings. Phase 3 is to navigate – which is to guide the meeting attendees to make sense of the information that came out of the idea generation stage (launch). The navigate phase has two key...
Engage Attendees to Ensure Results
So you’re ready to launch the meeting – maybe you even have one already scheduled. It would be nice to think that if the objectives of a meeting are clear -- and the right people are there, and it’s facilitated well – that everyone would participate and that there...