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10 Stories Great Leaders Tell
Good leaders ask, “How do I tell better stories?” Great leaders ask, “What stories do I need to tell?” Will you be a more effective leader if your stories are well-crafted and delivered? Of course. And I spend most of
A 6-Minute Guide to Storytelling with Data: The “How We Got Here” Method
Can you tell stories with data like you can with words? Absolutely! In the video above, I'll show you one of my two favorite methods for doing that. Have a look, and then try it out yourself. If you'd rather read, see
Lead With A Story
What I Learned From Being Steve Jobs’ Executive Coach
John Mattone is one of the world’s top executive coaches, along side other legendary names like Tony Robbins, or Marshall Goldsmith, or John Maxwell. He's coached some of the most admired CEOs in the world including Steve Jobs and former Pepsi CEO Roger Enrico. He's the author of nine books, including his latest one that we talked about today, The Intelligent Leader: Unlocking the 7 Secrets to Leading Others and Leaving Your Legacy. John shared some of his most insightful conversations with [read more]
Humor at Work: What Works, What Doesn’t, and What Will Get You Fired
"People get more done when they enjoy their work. So, humor in the workplace isn't about making work funny, or being the funniest person in the office. It's about making work fun, and getting better results." That's according to my podcast guest this week, Drew Tarvin. Drew is a comedian and former corporate IT manager for Procter & Gamble. But today he describes himself as a humor engineer because what he does is help people be more effective at work through the art and science of humor. [read more]
Parenting with a Story
An Angry Therapist’s Guide to a Meaningful Life
My guest this week is John Kim. He's a licensed marriage and family therapist and one of the the pioneers of the online life coaching movement. Interestingly, he calls himself the "Angry Therapist." It's essentially an admission that, while he was a licensed therapist and life coach, he was no better off than the people he was helping -- and admission that probably made him a more empathetic therapist. More to the point of our conversation, John is the author of a new book called, I USED [read more]
What to Know Before They Go (to College)
My guest today is Dr. Pamela Ellis. She conducts research into the areas of high school of college transition, parent engagement, African-American males in education, and college completion. As part of that, she's visited more than four hundred colleges and universities internationally to understand their cultures and their academic and social opportunities available to students. That's allowed her to help hundreds of young people successfully navigate the college-admissions process, as well [read more]
Sell With A Story
Salespeople: Steve Jobs Didn’t Need Empathy, So Why Should You?
Do you really need empathy to be a good sales rep? My podcast guest this week says no. He's Nicolas Vandenberghe, CEO of Chili Piper. Nicolas started his career selling newspapers in the streets of Paris in high school, studied math in undergrad, and then got an MBA from Stanford. He then started and sold 3 tech companies, and also ran sales for a $2B telecom firm. Today he runs Chili Piper which provides companies a brilliant solution to a sales problem they probably don't even know they [read more]
7 Principles of Ethical Persuasion
What’s the difference between ethical persuasion and manipulation? That was the primary topic of my conversation this week with Brian Ahearn. And it’s an important difference that any salesperson, marketer, or leader (all of whom influence people for a living) needs to be keenly aware of so they can stay on the right side of that divide. Brian is the author of Influence PEOPLE: Powerful Everyday Opportunities to Persuade that are Lasting and Ethical which is what most of our conversation [read more]
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