The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

“We humans like to keep our rose-tinted glasses on, and we are resistant to debunking pseudoscience that feels good,” they explain. Their findings revealed that when a correction provides a comprehensive and detailed explanation, it enhances the likelihood of audience receptivity and successful debunking of the misinformation.

Politics 91

Politics Chemicals Audience Short-term 91

Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

The favorite is always Barbara Boatrocker– “her life feels like a sad country song, every little thing is wrong”– for the appropriate audience I’ll even sing that line ;-). ” Last week, when I asked what we should do about Barbara, the entire audience screamed out in unison, “Fire her.”

Team 180

Team Audience Constraint How To 180

Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

The favorite is always Barbara Boatrocker– “her life feels like a sad country song, every little thing is wrong”– for the appropriate audience I’ll even sing that line ;-). ” Last week, when I asked what we should do about Barbara, the entire audience screamed out in unison, “fire her.”

Team 180

Team Audience Constraint How To 180

Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Disregard or dismiss: Even if the feedback seems unfamiliar or contradictory to your self-perception, resist the urge to disregard it outright. His sincere and passionate approach to his work is evident in his ability to engage and inspire audiences. Defensive reactions can hinder understanding and close the door to growth.

Construction 259

Construction Environment Learning-by-Doing Objective 259

Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

And in teaching audiences how to become more aware of themselves and their team members tendencies and needs, I have often emphasized the importance of curiosity and how that leads to having more positive and intentional interactions. Imagine a virtual meeting where you sense the ripples of resistance.

Skills 202

Skills Open-book Team Building Energy 202

Lead Change Blog

JULY 20, 2016

Leaders also know that change can create resistance. They recognize the resistance surfacing when they hear employees speaking of the cultural change effort as something that will pass with time–if they wait long enough it will go away. And they recognize resistance that may be borne in part out of a “fear of the unknown.”

Sharpe 150

Sharpe Resistance Objective Learning-by-Doing 150

Strategy Driven

JUNE 20, 2021

Every entrepreneur wishes to start a company and scale it to the highest possible peak with little market resistance. Understand Your Audience. Surveys and reviews are two of the best ways to get legitimate reactions from your audience. Anyone can create a product or service and try to force it down consumers’ throats.

Strategy 65

Strategy Strategic Planning Audience Outsourcing 65

HR Digest

JUNE 30, 2023

By involving employees in the decision-making process and addressing their concerns, you can gain buy-in and minimize resistance to change. By focusing on more cost-effective channels, such as social media or email marketing, you can reach a larger audience at a fraction of the cost.

Cost 105

Cost Real Estate Budgeting Long-term 105

Leading Blog

JULY 19, 2021

If you are seen as someone who has the organization’s and other people’s interests at heart, your words will be seen as less threatening, and you are more likely to get an audience. “If Shaking while talking, going silent, or literally fleeing the situation because we’re scared at the first sign of resistance doesn’t help.

Reputation 326

Reputation Open-book Learning-by-Doing Maturity 326

Women on Business

JANUARY 9, 2013

Keep it real: Too much self-promotion pushes audiences away. Put a little skin into your storytelling: Resist the back-patting and open up to your audience by revealing mistakes and struggles, doubts, growth and hard-fought lessons. Give readers room to form their own opinions of what you’re writing about.

Brand 244

Brand Advertorial Storytelling Media 244

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 29, 2016

No, but everything you do communicates something about you, and your message will have an audience. Feedback lets you know what your “audience” is receiving. Their default wiring might mean they are resistant to teaching or change because they don’t take constructive criticism seriously enough.

Workshop 150

Workshop Learning-by-Doing Audience Comparison 150

Nathan Magnuson

DECEMBER 19, 2016

If you openly state you will be performing an AAR following the event, you prepare your audience to taken mental (and hopefully actual) notes throughout the session. Resist the urge to give unnecessary feedback on the feedback. Ask in Advance. Sometimes this is appropriate for everyone involved; sometimes just for a subset (e.g.

After Action Review 120

After Action Review Review Quality How To 120

Leading Blog

MAY 13, 2013

In spite of my initial resistance, I did my best to participate without revealing my conviction that I felt superior to this target audience that needed help with communication and presentation skills. Called "The Leader''s Edge," this intense three-day workshop focused on communication style and delivery with respect to leadership.

Self-aware 283

Self-aware Audience Workshop Learning-by-Doing 283

Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2022

Would you highlight just one for our audience that illustrates your principles? The company had an avid following among comic-book readers, but no general audience. Nevertheless, my own experience is that if an organization resists real strategy, looking only at goals, it is very hard to use any concepts to generate good strategy.

Film 110

Film Licensing Long-term Strategy 110

Nathan Magnuson

OCTOBER 17, 2016

The busier your audience, the earlier your meeting invitations should be sent. Resist the urge to take phone calls or check emails). But anything extra you can do to help your audience look forward to attending your meetings will go a long way. Send invitations. Always include the purpose, agenda and any critical materials.

Participative 120

Participative Follow-up Audience Drucker 120

Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 13, 2015

Executives are naturally a tough audience. Know Your Audience. Resist the urge to throw it all up on your slides. Presenting to senior leaders can be nerve-racking at best: you’ve got a short window of time to articulate your passionate point of view or showcase the outcome of your team’s good work. Keep Your Slides Simple.

Tips 150

Tips Bottom-up Audience Execution 150

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

The audience is. So expect them to resist. Resistance doesn't have to be a bad thing. In fact, if you prepare for it, you'll sharpen your presentation and stand a much better chance of winning your audience over. Practical resistance: Is it physically or geographically difficult for the audience to do what you're asking?

Audience 16

Audience Resistance Committee Tips 16

Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Otherwise the play may never open; or it may open but, for lack of an audience, close after a week. It’s about facing and overcoming resistance. Even a great idea can be stopped. An idea is like play. It needs a good producer and a good promoter even if it’s a masterpiece. David Bornstein, How to Change the World.

Influence 269

Influence Handbook How To Hedge 269

Strategy Driven

JULY 7, 2020

A prospect to which they may have been resistant for the longest time. Your branding needs to tell the audience a story. At a time when most of the consuming world has had to remain indoors, the retail sector in particular has had to face some particularly hard truths. Embrace brand storytelling. We human beings love stories.

USP 72

USP Incentives Brand Retail 72

Talent Anarchy 1

MAY 14, 2018

We warn them, however, that when you put that freak flag in the air, resistance will come. The hard work of authenticity is when you are confronted with resistance and asked to make compromise in order to get what you want. It was far more important to me that my audience hear me than I swear on stage. So, I stopped cold turkey.

Self-aware 109

Self-aware Resistance Conference Goal 109

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

You may have to change your message to fit the person and audience. People will resist your idea for improvement, that is normal. If someone is resistant leave them alone. Communicate with people in the way that they listen and receive information. Do not argue with those that disagree.

Management 140

Management Guidelines Handbook Team Building 140

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It’s not about having the top job or the ability to command huge audiences. Question: What's your book's most important takeaway for readers? The Authors : We want readers to know that leadership is not about position or authority. Leadership is engaging others to solve daunting challenges and achieve big aspirations.

Books 108

Books Leadership Learning-by-Doing Short-term 108

Leading Blog

JANUARY 26, 2015

The most common problem that modern professionals face is a lack of risk tolerance and a resistance to change. If you are not on track, rethink the solution, rethink the audience, or rethink the way you’ve positioned yourself and your brand. But underlying it all is how we deal with fear. Assess : Study the responses you get.

Tactics 150

Tactics Resistance Audience Training 150

Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

When the latter happens, it’s often because the writers get too caught up in their own ideas that they overlook the more important aspects of storytelling – their audience and the message they wish to leave them with.

Storytelling 100

Storytelling Succession Proposal Long-term 100

Change Starts Here

APRIL 15, 2014

The steps to creating an aligned and audience-centric communication plan. Uncover and Reduce Resistance. Anticipate how people will react to change so you can reduce backlash, and handle resistance when it happens. $75. Clarify what really needs to change in order to achieve the desired results for your organization. $75.

Webinar 99

Webinar Influence Resistance Discount 99

Steve Farber

JUNE 9, 2015

But I’ve resisted. And it was a remarkable experience that created an unprecedented connection between me and the audience of 1200 people. And I’ve had some phenomenal audience connections over the years. This video was captured by an audience member, and she was kind enough to send it along to me.

Audience 40

Audience Conference Video Resistance 40

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 30, 2010

A presentation should take the audience on a journey from their ordinary world into your special world, gaining new insights and skills from your special world. The audience makes a conscious decision to cross the threshold into your world; they are not forced. Have you experienced this path in your presentations?

Team Building 100

Team Building Audience Learning-by-Doing Training 100

Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 30, 2012

So we if recognize the value and necessity of providing training programs to our employees, how do we address the other point of resistance organizations face in offering such programs – namely, the ability to allocate financial resources to such efforts? That has made what we do and how we do it more efficient.”

Tools 196

Tools Training Goal Incentives 196

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 10, 2019

Within a short time, your audience will grow, and you won’t have to boost posts regularly to reach many people. But before starting email marketing campaigns, you need to make sure that you are marketing to the right audience. This could be a freebie like an eBook in your niche that solves some problems your audience faces.

Marketing 50

Marketing Banking Media Audience 50

Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Companies don''t have an easy way to make these conversations available to a wider audience or even have a record of them for the future. Systems like CRM and ERP don''t capture the "conversations" that don''t fit anywhere ; the conversations that take place on the phone, over email, or even in person. But it isn''t just the systems.

Information 108

Information CRM Maturity Review 108

Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2013

So if your audience has style, and wants to know where to find more, lead them to it. That’s OK in the beginning when you’re trying to earn a reputation, but part of acting like a big business is resisting the temptation to under sell yourself. It’s not by lowering your pricing or throwing in extra products or services.

Public Relations 255

Public Relations Media PR Bottom-up 255

Eric Jacobson

JULY 4, 2023

It’s not about having the top job or the ability to command huge audiences. Question: What's your book's most important takeaway for readers? The Authors : We want readers to know that leadership is not about position or authority. Leadership is engaging others to solve daunting challenges and achieve big aspirations.

Books 65

Books Learning-by-Doing Short-term Letter 65

Skip Prichard

JUNE 3, 2020

Why do many business leaders resist it? The risk, of course, is that HiPPOs push bad ideas, either through status or persuasion, and resist experiments that prove them wrong. Here is one example: A few years ago, I gave a presentation on business experimentation to a large audience of executives and entrepreneurs.

Power 95

Power Kahneman Open-book Learning-by-Doing 95

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 30, 2023

It’s not about having the top job or the ability to command huge audiences. Question: What's your book's most important takeaway for readers? The Authors : We want readers to know that leadership is not about position or authority. Leadership is engaging others to solve daunting challenges and achieve big aspirations.

Books 65

Books Learning-by-Doing Short-term Letter 65

Talent Anarchy 1

AUGUST 24, 2023

The collective gasps, nervous laughter, and hushed whispers of the audience add an extra layer of excitement to the viewing experience. No Spoilers Resist the temptation to discuss plot twists or share spoilers with friends and family who haven’t seen the movie yet. Let them enjoy the suspense as much as you did.

Film 78

Film Media Review Storytelling 78

Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 24, 2011

Sure, your audience likely won’t remember the sub-sub points but they’ll remember the high level structure and follow your communication more easily. If you try too hard to push your idea through on the first or second “hearing” you will get more resistance than you might expect. Rule of Three #2: They Have to Hear Things Three Times.

Succession 206

Succession Drucker Bottom-up Follow-up 206

Talent Anarchy 1

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

We must assume a protective stance for all within our network and resist the temptation to gossip, defame, or throw people under the bus. That being said, leaders need to prioritize communication and be smart about it (ensure it is the right amount and detail, given at the right time, and for the right audience). Communication.

Chief Operating Officer 106

Chief Operating Officer Energy Maturity Commitment 106