Rapport is Like Singing in a Choir
Having Rapport with people is like singing in a choir. When we are aligned in Rapport with people, things are so seamless and satisfying. It’s like singing in a choir. We are far more likely to stay in tune because we have all those “voices” around us already singing...
SOS! How do I best delegate to the members of my team
How can I assess readiness? How much autonomy do I give each individual on my team? There is a tool for that. (Read at the end of the post). Here are several scenarios around delegation and giving more autonomy. I A CIO of a promising start up had amassed a great team...
Your Beloved Audience
Audiences are the guests that you have invited into your home. Take care of them. They want you to succeed and shine. When your shoulders are tight, your audience’s shoulders are tight. When you release your shoulders, the audience experiences great relief –...
Real Leaders Know How to Win People Over
Want to be memorable? Talk about them, not you. Be memorable. Master the art of building relationships by using Woo. Woo is the ability to strike up rapport quickly and easily with another person. How? You put your attention on them. Talk about them. Not you. A...
Leaders, Got Presence?
Help! he or she needs Presence! I’ve heard it before. The SOS goes out. It’s as if there is a wand that anyone can bestow it. Or, it is a robe that can be donned. When one discovers what it takes – it’s to get out of your head and to get into your body...
Sage Advice
At the 2014 Sochi Olympics, Sage Kotsenburg gave the US its first gold medal of those games in snowboard slopestyle. In 2018, during the Pyeongchang, South Korea Games, Red Gerard took Gold for the US in the same event. Sage Kotsenburg, a friend, provided a blueprint...
Vocal Presence
Have you ever felt that you had to become a bigger personality, play a part, or put on a mask in order to present in front of others when it was not authentically who you are? A recent client, due to his communication skills, had reached a limit to where he could...
When Story Saves the Day
A client company was running an innovation contest in one of their business units. Anyone could submit an idea that would improve business process for selection. The winner would receive funding and support to have their idea actualized and launched. The finalists...
When you hit those Unexpected Situations: What to do when the “Knob Comes Off the Butt?”
I met Jon in an Embodied Presence intensive in downtown Manhattan many years ago and we stayed in touch. He trained as an actor and also found work as a world class puppeteer. In fact, Jon, was one of the puppeteers inside the puppet horse of the Broadway acclaimed...