Career Advancement

JULY 1, 2019

“Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.” Braxton Asks: To prepare my high-performers to take on more challenging roles, my company wants to hold a leadership training event.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 2, 2024

But how do you craft a leadership message that never fails to resonate with your audience? As a seasoned executive leadership coach, I consistently guide my clients through the proven Five Cs approach to communication for successful messaging. As a leader, your words have the power to inspire, motivate, and drive change.

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Modern Servant Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Questions to Ask When Hiring a Leadership Keynote Speaker Do you want a list of the best questions to ask when hiring a leadership keynote speaker? Here are the best questions to ask when hiring a leadership keynote speaker. Have you spoken to audiences similar to our industry? How would you describe the ideal audience?

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Here is a selection of Posts from February 2024 that you will want to check out: Using Stories To Heal Ourselves from @JohnBaldoni Reaching for the Executive Ranks?

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 7, 2013

I attended a meeting where a high level executive was speaking to a group about an upcoming organizational change. Too many executives hide in their offices and hunker during change and chaos. That’s when I think he lost the audience. His jokes were falling flat, and he was talking way down to the audience.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 21, 2014

But the speaker who can put that information into context and reveal why it matters vitally to the audience—well, that speaker will likely be both more memorable and successful. How to Start a Speech with a Strong Introduction The concept of primacy states that audiences will retain best what they experience first.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Importance of Effective Leadership in Business Schools Effective leadership is as crucial in an academic environment as in any organization, playing a vital role in shaping the institution’s culture and direction. First and foremost, a successful business dean should demonstrate real leadership capabilities.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Leadership is not a quality that is innate in some people and not others. In this blog post, we will discuss 10 ways that you can develop strong leadership skills during your adolescence. Joining clubs and teams is a great way to develop leadership skills. Anyone can develop the skills necessary to be an effective leader.

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Leading Blog

MAY 3, 2021

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?

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Every time you want to elevate your level of execution, performance, or effectiveness, it will require a mind shift.” Mind Shift #2: You Don’t Need an Audience You don’t need an audience to reveal your greatness. You don’t need an audience to prepare for the biggest moments of your life.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 29, 2024

Identify Your Audience: Decide who needs to hear the message. Structure Your Key Messages: Plan your conversation, focusing on what you want your audience to think, feel, and do. In conclusion, delivering difficult messages to employees is an inevitable part of leadership. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

In the book, they list the five foundational truths of youth marketing (and leadership). Each truth is introduced by a well-chosen quote that is worth applying more broadly in a leadership context. Nicholas Tran, 2017, marketing executive and thought leader at global consumer electronics brand. They are: Truth 1: Identity.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2018

The scene is famous for the way it terrified audiences without ever showing the titular shark. After all, this was the scene he needed to “hook” the audience and keep their attention throughout the entire movie. In fact, an original, revolutionary vision isn’t innovation at all (and it certainly isn’t leadership).

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Lead from Within

MAY 16, 2023

Effective communication is crucial for effective leadership, and a leader who can’t communicate clearly cannot lead effectively. They know how to get to the point without beating around the bush or confusing their audience. But in time, every executive reaches a point when their performance suffers and failure persists.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 4, 2022

In some cases, the leaders in attendance were front-line managers, while in others, my audience consisted of senior level executives from the C-suite. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been giving keynotes to a wide range of leaders in different industries. But while the subject of these various keynotes was. Click to continue reading.

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Next Level Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

While the process varies and is customized for each executive, there are some core questions that I almost always pose. What audiences do you most need to engage? What are the personal leadership levers you want to use the most this year? How do you want to leverage and enable your leadership team this year?

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The context of leadership has changed, but the fundamentals of leadership have not. It is in this spirit that the authors state, “the best way for any aspiring leader to succeed and to navigate turbulent times is to tune out the noise and refocus on these fundamentals” of leadership. It is still working with people.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Benefits of Empathetic Leadership. When you start to explore the benefits of empathetic leadership on a deeper level, it becomes difficult to see empathy as anything other than essential for competent leadership. But it’s clear that empathy is a core leadership skill. Still, a sea change like this is hard-won.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 12, 2024

And then they execute.” Create powerful visuals, become great at telling stories, invite others in, and think big, but don’t get too far ahead of your audience. Keep asking. * * * Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * * You don’t need to quit your job to innovate.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Growth is a leadership issue, not a sales issue,” he adds. And why the relationship that executives and leaders have with the sales organization is among the most important elements of growth leadership. Transform your leadership communication style to inspire with the 3 Cs: Credibility, Clarity and Connection.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2019

So many of your professional experiences have been preparing you for this leadership opportunity. It’s your tagline and title for the film you want your audience to buy a ticket for. The post The Art of Following Up for Executives appeared first on N2Growth. They need you. So give it some thought and flair.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2020

Arjan van Weele , a Professor of Purchasing and Supply Management living in the Netherlands , discusses his perspective on leadership competencies that apply for any leader, no matter where you are within your career journey. This broader audience (customers, employees, etc.) Interview Summary. is quick to judge and often unforgiving.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Indeed, many companies and executives strive to be thought leaders in their field, publishing an array of articles and papers that aim to advance their particular field. While the concept of thought leadership is well established among individuals, it is less so among organizations, which is a gap a recent study from INSEAD attempts to plug.

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Decker Communication

JULY 11, 2023

“We need our teams to have more executive presence.” The problem is that we tend to think of executive presence as the formal version of ourselves, which ultimately lends to not being our authentic selves. When building strong leadership skills, the goal is not perfection and poise but rather connection and competence.

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Leading Blog

JULY 17, 2023

I’ve been a paid, professional public speaker for the last 20 years and have coached many executives/founders on their speaking skills. Whether they are doing their first TEDx talk or just trying to scale the leadership ladder at work, they almost always feel fear and anxiety about the effort. This also tends to produce great results.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Guest post from Dee Ann Turner: During my tenured career at one organization, I had the “best of the best” leadership development opportunities. I attended multiple executive education courses at the top business schools in the United States. In that organization, no expense was spared for leadership development.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 18, 2021

Greet the audience as you would a group of friends. Eye contact— Start by making solid eye contact with the audience. Ask a question that directly engages the audience. Benefits— Explain what the audience will gain. Offer some fresh ideas and insights that will interest the audience. Get their attention.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 23, 2020

Now, the types of leadership qualities that show up on list after list are there for good reason. However, when you look closely, you discover that it becomes difficult to see empathy as anything other than essential for competent leadership. Empathetic executives adapt to the inevitable shifts in business with calm confidence.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Mike Figliuolo, thoughtLEADERS Managing Director, sat down with Adam Torres of The Money Matters Top Tips Podcast to talk about executive communication. In this podcast interview, Mike reunites with Adam Torres of The Money Matters Top Tips Podcast to delve deeper into his personal thoughts and tips on executive communication.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In the rapidly evolving world of leadership, staying ahead of the curve is crucial. This customer-centric approach leads to better decision-making that aligns with your audience’s needs and desires. But in time, every executive reaches a point when their performance suffers and failure persists.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

How can you subtract just enough reasonableness to rile up your audience, without sounding completely insane? It is comprised of six skills of inspiration that will help you execute on the Inspiration Equation. Use direction-giving language, so your audience knows exactly what is expected of them. Show Up To Stir Up.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 14, 2021

Whether your team is heading back to the office, will continue working remotely, or somewhere between, silence and space are critical leadership gifts to give your team. Every Friday morning the most popular morning radio show in town hosted Live Audience Friday. Don’t lose one of the most valuable aspects of remote work.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Each year, after reading and reviewing dozens of new leadership books, I select my pick for the year's best new leadership book. For 2023, after reading nearly 40 leadership books, my pick for this year’s best new leadership book is When Everyone Leads. Leadership is interactive, risky, and experimental.

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LDRLB

MARCH 15, 2013

While those may be important, it turns out that they may not even approach the impact of one other key dimension: executive presence. Attributes like hard work and past performance are important, but the study’s biggest finding was that executive presence is a requirement for top leadership positions. Appearance.

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The first thing I do is thank them for the opportunity to serve their audience… I ask if there is anything else I can do to help them in that moment… Then I remind them of our scheduled post-game conversation about a week after the event.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

Thandi Orelyn is a South African lawyer and business executive who has been active mainly in the financial sector. She is a co-founder and executive director of Peotona Group Holdings. She has also served as a non-executive director of the South African Reserve Bank. It’s about human-centric leadership. .

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 8, 2017

Communicating to executives and board members. Human resource leadership. The position requires an individual that can zoom in on technical discussion to solve tactical problems while comfortably collaborating and communicating with top executives. Cloud enabled solutions – SaaS, IaaS, PaaS. Audit management & support.

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