The performance of employees dropped last month. Without hesitation, the manager said that the cause is lack of motivation. And everyone nodded in agreement. Lack of motivation is the safest alibi. It is safer to say that people lack motivation than to say that the […]
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I’ve spent most of my life speaking. To students in classrooms. To executives in boardrooms. To strangers in faraway places who later became friends. And here’s one truth that has become clearer the longer I’ve done this work: Speaking is not about words. It’s not
Get a graduation speaker who can best guide the graduating class. He or she not have to be the most accomplished today. Celebrities attract the crowd, but you must always consider that the speaker must add value to the occasion. Your graduation speaker can be
A clear and compelling mission moves people to action. It makes the indifferent committed. It makes the unsure confident. But a mission will lose its meaning if you do not enable people to act on it. Action gives flesh to ideals. Turn your mission statements
Be interested with your audience. I bet that nine of ten speakers you’ll met are more interested in their stories than your stories. Ask them questions and they’ll give you answers faster than bullet trains in Japan. Give them opportunities to speak and they’ll be
To be the biggest hospital in locality X. Somehow, most vision statements are like this. Many organizations’ vision statements indicate their future place or position in the marketplace. They don’t tell you what impact they’ll do to the world. This is why most visions aren’t
You must begin now. You can make it. You have what it takes to succeed. This is the heart of a commencement speech. When you deliver a commencement speech, always remember that your audience is now obliged to leave the borders of their comfort zone.
Re-imagine your workplace. Make it a place where people can smile and have fun. A place where people perform at their most productive best. Organizations must equip employees on how to master stress. This stress management seminar can help you be more productive and happy
You have the power to create the life you want, and your personal vision statement can be the roadmap to help you get there.
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Deliver commencement speeches in under 17 minutes. Take out all the unnecessary and you will find that seventeen minutes is enough to inspire and make a point. As a commencement speaker, you must do your job well. You must do it also as quickly as
Behavior and vision come together. Make your vision both specific and inspiring so it can guide your people’s behavior. Your vision is a pitch for the future and your behaviors are examples of what is to come. It is an invitation for your employees to
HR is useful only when you serve to accelerate business growth. Go beyond compliance requirements. Find out the objectives of every business units. Help them achieve their objectives. To do that, begin with people. Find out what they do best. Find out what they can
Here’s the thing: public speaking isn’t about delivering a perfect speech. It’s not about sounding smart or impressing the crowd with some fancy words. That’s the trap most people fall into—they think the goal is to “wow” the audience. It’s not. The Goal of Public
Worse than fearing that you are doing poorly is a self-promotion that you are doing well. The first sign of greatness is when a man does not attempt to look and act great. The same thing can be said of speaking. Someone who thinks himself
Practice this when you’re doing “fine” at work but you feel numb—same tasks, same meetings, same week on repeat. Stop blaming boredom. Start upgrading the game. Pick one task, give it a clear finish line, add a tiny constraint, and see how quickly your energy
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Most speakers promise “customized talks,” but do audiences really care? Discover why repetition builds impact, what true customization means, and how one lesson from a Philippine bank president changed my approach as a motivational speaker.
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You can always ask for help from friends. But when you do, don’t ask them to do the work for free just because they are your friends. Ask how much they’ll charge you. This way, you show that you respect the value of what they
I learned about kusang-palo from my Lolo Pedro. He was a hard-working fisherman and farmer. He plowed his cornfield with his carabao. He told me that lazy ones need to be hit with a stick before they move. My lolo is gone for many years
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I thanked him for his courage to ask that question which almost everyone wanted to ask but never did.
If you have the advantage of company-sponsored salesmanship training, you’ve probably learned about the importance of closing.
Unfortunately, most salesmanship training program allocated 90 percent of training on product knowledge…and less than 10 percent on closing.
Good leaders desire a better world for all. But we cannot wait for good leaders to appear. We must strive to become good leaders - and help those around us become good leaders.
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