RapidStart Leadership

DECEMBER 3, 2016

There are two parts to a presentation: your message, and how you transmit that message to your audience. Too often a good message can get lost in the static of a bad transmission. Not long ago I was on the receiving end of this unfortunate combination. To help us all be better communicators, here is what happened, and five presentation tips you can use to make sure the signal you are sending comes through loud and clear.

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RapidStart Leadership

DECEMBER 24, 2016

Spoiler Alert – There’s a happy ending. Even if you haven’t seen the movie “ Elf ,” you kind of know that’s how things will turn out. And since the movie stars Will Ferrell, you know you can count on plenty to laugh about along the way to that happy ending. But during our annual re-watching of the movie this year, what I didn’t count on was getting a lesson in leadership from a six foot three inch tall munchkin.

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RapidStart Leadership

DECEMBER 27, 2016

There’s a simple law you can apply to your goal setting that will definitely help improve the amount of things you’re able to get done. It’s called Grandma’s Law. Today we’ll talk about how you can put Grandma’s Law to work for you and your team. You Gonna Eat That? (transcript). We’ve all been there. Growing up, my folks called them “trial Foods” – food we hadn’t tried before but they thought we should eat as part of a healthy balanced diet.

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RapidStart Leadership

DECEMBER 8, 2016

On a chilly Sunday evening recently I watched a young man take his first successful steps as a leader. It reminded me that leadership doesn’t need to be complicated or hard. And if you follow the same five simple steps to lead that he did, your chances of success are pretty good, too. Here’s what happened… Tree Wrangling. It was cold, and the breeze was just enough to make you wish you had another layer to put on.

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RapidStart Leadership

DECEMBER 15, 2016

It was the best PowerPoint presentation I had ever seen. It happened over 10 years ago, but even now I can remember specifics. What made it so memorable? So effective? In this post, I’ll tell you the simple presentation secret, and how you can use it to add power to your presentations. Not Looking Forward to This. It was 2006 or so, and the briefing topic was about the values of the Army, what it means to be a Soldier, and how we as leaders are the standard bearers of those values.

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