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Never Say Never: The Importance of Word Choice in Leadership Communication

Leading Blog

As I conduct observation coaching with leaders, I watch for how their words resonate with their audience. This step requires the sender to know their audience and convey their message clearly and concisely to support understanding. L ANGUAGE matters. Does what they say induce fear? Excitement? Avoid Absolutes.

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Discover Your CEO Brand - book review

CEO Blog

I have been thinking a lot lately about my brand - specifically, my CEO brand. Discover Your CEO Brand - Secrets to Embracing and Maximizing Your Unique Value as a Leader by Suzanne Bates. She is a best selling author of Speak Like a CEO so must spend a lot of time studying CEOs.

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73 Creative Job Titles in Corporate America

HR Digest

Director of Ethical Hacking (Hacker). Chief Cheerleader (CEO). President and TeaEO (CEO). Chief Troublemaker (CEO). Audience Reacher (Digital Marketing Manager). Genius (as the Service Technician). Head of First Impressions (Receptionist). Sous Chef (Product development Head). Resinator (Leader of Packaging Team).

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3 Steps To A Perfect Presentation. | Rich Gee Group

Rich Gee Group

Here’s my secret (I keep it simple and direct): Step One: Who Is Your Audience & What Do You Want Them To Take Away This is the most important step that most executives and speakers forget. Why does the audience care? Audiences need an immediate expectation that what they are going to hear (and learn) works.

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How To Overcome Your Speaking Jitters.

Rich Gee Group

I present to audiences all over the world. I spoke about how he helped me learn to read (comics) and gave me a basic ethical structure in relation to crime. If you REALLY believe in your topic and transfer all emotions in your talk, you’ll have your audience in the palm of your hand. We, the audience, appreciate honesty.

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Featured Instigator: Eileen McDargh

Lead Change Blog

This month we are featuring Instigator Eileen McDargh , CEO and Chief Energy Officer of The Resiliency Group and a motivational speaker who calls herself a hope merchant and truth teller. ” When Eileen reflects on her best professional moments, she talks about leaving a stage and feeling a deep connection with the audience.

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Want To Be The Best? Study Pixar. | Rich Gee Group

Rich Gee Group

They don’t insult the intelligence of their audience. They speak to all generations in their movies, not just kids. I’ve never laughed as hard, or cried (yes, cried) at their movies. They do the BEST that they can. All the time. This work by Rich Gee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0

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