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087: Talk Like TED: 3 Secrets to Radically Improve Your Presentations | with Carmine Gallo

Engaging Leader

In 2006, the famous TED conference began streaming 18-minute presentations from the world’s top minds for free. In 2006, the famous TED conference began streaming 18-minute presentations from the world’s top minds for free. Carmine’s latest book is Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World''s Top Minds.

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The Leadership Walk

N2Growth Blog

link] Meredith Bell I had the opportunity to meet Kevin recently at a conference and had a follow-up phone conversation with him. link] mikemyatt Hi Amie: Thanks for your comment. I'm sure Kevin appreciates your kind words. Thanks again for stopping by. I appreciate your sharing his wisdom about leadership, Mike.

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Private conversations are accommodated by small conference rooms or a walk about the parking lot. Everyone sits in open cubicles which are all roughly the same size. Job requirement determines the size. Mine is actually one of the smallest. Like yourself, I have long been an advocate of being highly visible and engaged.

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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

How did the brick and mortar book stores let Amazon get the jump on them? Has anyone on your executive team attended a conference on strategy, innovation or disruption in the last year? How did Microsoft not keep Google at bay? Why did American auto-makers lose their once dominant position to their European and Asian counterparts?

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3 Ways Pixar Gains Competitive Advantage from Its Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

Ed Catmull, President of Pixar Animation and Walt Disney Animation Studios, describes what he’s learned about leadership and corporate culture in his excellent new book, Creativity, Inc.: In 2006, Disney bought Pixar to boost its struggling Walt Disney Animation Studios unit.

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Friday High-Five: Posts I Loved Reading Last Week

QAspire

Bonus : I have been a great fan of TED , a conference which offers riveting talks by remarkable people and that too, completely free. The theme of this conference, to be organized on 02nd October 2010, is “Urban Rethinking”. We are so fortunate to be living in a world where such great learning is available for free.

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Byron Wien’s 20 Lessons Learned

Michael Lee Stallard

Nurture your network by sending articles, books and emails to people to show you’re thinking about them. Have a point of view before you start a book or article and see if what you think is confirmed or refuted by the author. In 2006, Mr. Wien was named by New York Magazine as one of the sixteen most influential people in Wall Street.

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