Not everyone who will introduce you know how to introduce a speaker. You can help the organizers to present you well you to your audience by writing a good introduction. There are those who will steal the thunder away from you. This is the opportunity […]
When I was young, most of my teachers made us students memorize trivial information. I topped quiz bees because I could remember most information we were asked to memorize. I found that my nephews are still required to memorize information they do not understand. I
Our training beliefs determine how we grow. There are those who believe that training programs are multipliers of skills and accelerators of progress.
You deliver commencement speeches to honor people.
As a graduation speaker, you have the responsibility to focus the spotlight on those who deserve honor. Because you are the commencement speaker, you have the opportunity to celebrate the uncelebrated and the unrecognized.
I will not put successful entrepreneurs in a box. There is no way for me to tell you that everyone goes through the same path in order for them to succeed. But there are known secrets common to them. Those you can learn. Those you can start with.
Start speaking from where your audience are. Lani complained,” My subordinates said they understood, but they still did not follow my instructions.” She thought her instruction was clear and the tasks were easy to follow. She was frustrated. She missed this simple point. Most of
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Ana avoids problems. She thinks that any problem that her staff creates reflects her ability as a supervisor. Problems stressed her out.
Successful supervisors are effective problem solvers. And you can learn to solve problems systematically.
As you gain experience in public speaking, you will learn to put aside all conscious thought of rules or methods. You will learn through discipline how to abandon yourself to your intentions and to give spontaneous expression to all your powers.
Students will find it difficult to learn entrepreneurship from those who are afraid to become entrepreneurs themselves. When professors only mouth what management gurus say about entrepreneurship, you know that you will be eating theories and find entrepreneurship complicated and hateful. You will learn a lot of B.S. in B.S. in Entrepreneurship.
The best leaders aren’t those with ready answers for everything. No, not the know-it-all type. The best leaders are those who learn like a child.
You can be in a room full of participants wearing expensive suits. But people will surely give their attention to someone in shirts and jeans if his name is Warren Buffet. What you wear creates the first impression. Your leadership presence and the way you
What do you want to achieve in life? Is it crazy enough? I want you to know that once you start dreaming big, people will laugh at you. They’ll say that you are getting crazy. This is because most people think you cannot do better
Most HR professionals consumed their time in compliance to regulations. You must get out of these traps.
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Management guru Peter Drucker said that as soon as you move one step up from the bottom, your effectiveness depends on your ability to reach others through the spoken and written word. You must illustrate what they do not see, give reasons to actions, and
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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