Decker Communication

AUGUST 29, 2023

Perhaps today is your quarterly board meeting, maybe you are addressing an industry conference, or possibly you are meeting one-on-one with one of your direct reports to review their year-to-date accomplishments. Your connection with your audience will win or lose the room in the opening minutes of your interaction.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

Identify your skill. When you know your skills and capabilities, it is easier to position yourself as an expert. What are your skills, experience, and knowledge? Create a website, define a target audience, and begin speaking from your experience. THE LEADERSHIP GAP. Find your voice. Speak up everywhere you go. .

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Brian Tracy's Leadership Success

APRIL 8, 2022

Read on to learn everything you need to know about thought leadership. . What Is Thought Leadership? Thought leadership is a constant occupation. You’ll need to keep up with your audiences wherever they are, staying tuned into whatever subject you’re the expert on. Improve Your Public Speaking Skills. Write A Book.

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HR Digest

MAY 15, 2024

Image: Pexels Understanding the Essence of Training Needs Analysis At its core, a training needs analysis (TNA) is a systematic process that helps organizations assess the current skills, knowledge, and abilities of their employees in relation to the desired performance levels and organizational objectives.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

T HE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM’S Future of Jobs Report lists complex problem-solving as the number one skill for jobs in 2020. Yet these skills are rarely taught. Importantly, it needs to be told in a way your audience understands and is made relevant to them. Like leaders themselves, good problem solvers are made, not born.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 5, 2017

A Reel Leadership Article Recent DC movies have fallen flat. Both Batman Versus Superman and Suicide Squad failed to receive praise from critics and viewing audiences alike (though I thought Suicide Squad was an enjoyable movie). Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman. To help them hone their skills.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 9, 2012

I’ve recently had the opportunity to help design a brand-new open-enrollment Woman’s Leadership Development Program to be offered through the University of New Hampshire’s Executive Development Program. Here are 10 Elements of a Great Woman’s Leadership Development Program: 1. Start with a solid research foundation.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 8, 2014

Think from your audience''s point of view, and build your presentation from there. You may be really excited to tell your listeners all about your new idea or product, but you''ll serve your audience better if narrow your material based on their needs. Be very clear about what you want your audience to do.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 31, 2010

So with that out of the way, I am pleased to tell you that The 8 Essential Skills for Supervisors and Managers is a book that belongs in the hands of all leaders – whether they have direct reports or not. What are the 8 skills? Who are the audiences that will most benefit from The 8 Essential Skills?

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Effective leaders recognize their ability to achieve results from their direct reports – to generate engagement, to motivate, to get their team headed in the right direction – often succeeds or fails based on their ability to communicate. Just like any learned skill, practice – simple, consistent practice. Communicating in business.

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Coronation marks a new era of leadership, vision and progress under the British monarchy. The session was entitled “Technology and Business Collaboration: Leadership and Management” and was moderated by Dr Alan Miller CMgr FCMI (former CMI Hong Kong Regional Board Member).

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Miles Anthony Smith

APRIL 1, 2019

The Ultimate Guide of 22 Tips: How to Masterfully Improve Business Communication Skills in the Workplace Are you wrestling with any of these issues? We’ve got a comprehensive guide to help you, your boss, and your coworkers with effective business communication skills in the workplace. Team having communication issues at work?

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 31, 2015

Unlike when I was speaking “live”, this time I got to specifically watch the audience reactions. I’d been at my leadership role for 6 years. Our quest needed to stay fresh, vibrant, and exuberant, and the best way to do that was through the words and actions of a new generation of leadership. It was time.

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Leading Blog

MAY 13, 2013

Self-leadership is fundamental to good leadership, but it is not the end-game. Self-awareness that points to your unique contribution in the world is leadership. However, the only way to know if we are really doing that is by looking at how we impact the lives of others—how our leadership is experienced by others.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

But one thing that has largely remained unchanged has been the approach to leadership development. Limiting the definition of leadership Many have asked me how to define a leader, but I have refused. Limiting the definition of leadership Many have asked me how to define a leader, but I have refused.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 24, 2020

” Over the years I’ve had lots of fun teasing (some might argue tormenting) my audiences with Dad Jokes so they don’t suffer from jest lag. Humor often raises or lowers leadership effectiveness. ” Leadership teams often poke fun at each other and send playful “zingers” around the meeting room.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 4, 2016

I ask this question frequently – of executives I’m coaching to improve their company’s culture, of keynote audiences, in leadership workshops, and more. They report that serving on that team was fun. When I ask audiences whether or not their current boss models these best practices, the reaction is muted.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Of course, while there are various technical skills and aptitudes that are required for leadership positions in various industries, one thing that every leader needs to succeed in their role is to be an effective communicator. Here’s why: great presentations excel in three main areas – content, design, and delivery.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 18, 2012

Just coming back from Singapore in mid-November, I read an article in The Straits Times where the CEO of IDEO, a leading innovation consulting firm, blames the lack of Singapore’s progress on risk-aversion leadership. The question we want to address here is the role of leadership in innovation. There is a happy ending to this story.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Genius happens at the intersection of our hearts and minds, that sweet spot where our hard assets (strengths, skills, expertise) and soft assets (values, passions, and creative abilities) converge. There’s a snip of video I love of a young, bearded Jobs that’s been played many times in news reports over the last couple of weeks.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 26, 2018

Comfortably demonstrating the skill, character and emotional IQ required for successfully leading your team. It’s a tough audience. Choose directors who bring valuable experience, unique perspectives and team skills. But you are missing an opportunity to add strength to your leadership. But, what about your board?

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JULY 1, 2021

For Part 4 of this series, we provide a few tips on how trainers can improve their virtual facilitation skills before, during and after a training session. LinkedIn recently released their 2020 Workplace Report which indicated that 59% of L&D leaders identified upskilling and reskilling as the top priority for 2021.

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Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 7, 2013

Home / Leadership Profiles / Leadership Profile: Zig Ziglar. Leadership Profile: Zig Ziglar. I realize not everyone has been acquainted with America’s “Master of Motivation,” so six weeks after his passing, I’d like to pay tribute to Zig Ziglar in my first leadership profile of the new year.

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Experience to Lead

JUNE 8, 2023

Companies that invest in people development are able to facilitate the minimization of skills gaps and increased employee retention and engagement. I think of TD Bank’s “Leadership as a Champion of LGBTA Engagement” case amongst many others (LGBTA stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Allies).

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ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2022

According to some, they are driven more by salary than a good opportunity to learn new skills, and so at the drop of a dime will job hop for a slightly better salary. The skill shortage is real, and all the data points to the power of a diverse workforce. Pew Research Center reports that recent graduates are more diverse than ever.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 30, 2012

Leadership development and failure go hand in hand. By its very nature, development involves trying new things, often in the form of “stretch assignments” in order to challenge yourself and learn new skills. When a reporter asked, "How did it feel to fail 1,000 times?" That’s easier said than done. Steve Jobs. Thomas Watson.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 4, 2015

It’s a team of skilled musicians with shared values and common goals. If we tolerate poor performance in rehearsal, that’s what our audiences will see and hear in our band’s shows. Even nine years in, we spend hours individually preparing and together rehearsing so our shows WOW our audience members (GOOD WOW, not BAD WOW).

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Joseph Lalonde

OCTOBER 13, 2017

I told the audience, “You came to this earth equipped for greatness and designed for maximum accomplishment from birth. I am happy to report; my book includes 125 life lessons written and shared because of my conversation that day. I had three seed thoughts I wanted to leave with every young person in attendance.

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Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

Leadership is more about heart and soul than about education or a diploma on the wall. Joel Barker has the best definition of leadership. As a professional speaker for the past twenty years, the most exciting thing I love to do is speak, inspire and motivate audiences around the world. Charting your course! View videos.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 18, 2015

Communicating is a learned skill, critical for leadership and motivation – the CEO’s primary task. The way we identify natural lightness is on video – so whenever you can – get a video of yourself so that you can see the way you come across to your audience. And oftentimes, they are not even influential. We must do better.

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ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2022

According to some, they are driven more by salary than a good opportunity to learn new skills, and so at the drop of a dime will job hop for a slightly better salary. The skill shortage is real, and all the data points to the power of a diverse workforce. Pew Research Center reports that recent graduates are more diverse than ever.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

It takes a great deal of effort, timing, and entrepreneurial skills to build a business from scratch. A 2019 report by the National Business Capital indicated that although 6.5 Identify what could have gone wrong with the leadership team. It involves reassessing your business operations, starting with leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

But the audience was oh-so quick to grab their phones and tweet/IM/Facebook about what they were watching. I have observed other reports where people have been attacked, injured, or were otherwise in need of help but didn’t receive it because bystanders would simply rather standby than help.

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Your org chart can tell a more informed story by adding compensation information, date hired, communication/leadership style, potential successors, and the development plan. An org chart of this nature can’t and shouldn’t be shared with all audiences, of course. Communication/Leadership Style. Potential Successors.

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Your org chart can tell a more informed story by adding compensation information, date hired, communication/leadership style, potential successors, and the development plan. An org chart of this nature can’t and shouldn’t be shared with all audiences, of course.

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Leadership Styles COO Learning-by-Doing Planning 78

Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

One of the things I enjoy about the various talks I give is the conversations I have afterwards with leaders in the audience. We have to remember that leadership is about more than getting things done; it’s about helping others to do and be better [ Share on Twitter ].

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

I spent hours preparing it – as I do all my talks – and I’ve spent the last 20 years improving my speaking, presentation, and performance skills. Anyway, before my talk, the two corporate leaders of a multi-billion-dollar company addressed the gathered 200 in the audience. How are his or her presentation skills?

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