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This is a place for you to discover thoughts, wisdom, applications, and practices for skills that create for you more connected communication. At times, I’m known to make some crazy connections to topics like nature, soccer, grand slam tennis, and more.
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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 - this is first...
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...
