communication skills Archives - Words & Presence http://wordsandpresence.com/category/communication-skills/ How Entrepreneurs and Executives Take Charge Tue, 05 May 2020 04:42:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Tom Hanks was Only So-so on SNL – Here’s What YOU Can Learn From That http://wordsandpresence.com/2020/04/26/tom-hanks-was-so-so-on-snl-heres-what-you-can-learn-from-that/ http://wordsandpresence.com/2020/04/26/tom-hanks-was-so-so-on-snl-heres-what-you-can-learn-from-that/#respond Sun, 26 Apr 2020 23:51:26 +0000 http://wordsandpresence.com/?p=1764 Tom Hanks was So-so on SNL – Here’s what You Can Learn From ThatLacking usual prep, a celebrity rapidly becomes normal. Strengths and weaknesses contrast strongly and executives can learn from the debrief. Having talent is not even a question. On April 11th celebrated actor Tom Hanks hosted the "live" sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. […]

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]]> http://wordsandpresence.com/2020/04/26/tom-hanks-was-so-so-on-snl-heres-what-you-can-learn-from-that/feed/ 0 Most people build presentations backwards. Here’s a better way. http://wordsandpresence.com/2019/02/27/most-people-build-presentations-backwards-can-we-stop/ http://wordsandpresence.com/2019/02/27/most-people-build-presentations-backwards-can-we-stop/#respond Wed, 27 Feb 2019 21:25:09 +0000 http://wordsandpresence.com/?p=1506 We have a problem with presentations in business. A focus problem, A length problem. A message problem. An energy problem. Even a relevance problem. We all know this and so does Huffington Post and Harvard Business Review. The question is, How do we fix it? Let's start at fundamentals: We have a problem because we're going at […]

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]]> http://wordsandpresence.com/2019/02/27/most-people-build-presentations-backwards-can-we-stop/feed/ 0 Leaders need not eat at all! (No Apologies to Simon Sinek) http://wordsandpresence.com/2019/02/09/leaders-need-not-eat-at-all/ http://wordsandpresence.com/2019/02/09/leaders-need-not-eat-at-all/#respond Sat, 09 Feb 2019 23:10:47 +0000 http://wordsandpresence.com/?p=1427 Leadership communication skills include what, how and when to eat. Resolved: In the following year, I’ll reduce my consumption of sugar-coated leadership books, blogs, and articles by 50%Greatest Leadership Secrets Here!(really?) Not 100% because we all need some sugary hope! Leadership sugar comes in several flavors. Before consuming ask yourself:Is this piece click bait? A fad? A […]

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]]> http://wordsandpresence.com/2019/02/09/leaders-need-not-eat-at-all/feed/ 0 What We Ignore about POWER versus Technology http://wordsandpresence.com/2018/11/28/what-we-ignore-about-power-versus-technology/ http://wordsandpresence.com/2018/11/28/what-we-ignore-about-power-versus-technology/#respond Wed, 28 Nov 2018 04:41:03 +0000 http://wordsandpresence.com/?p=1104 Power is more fundamental than tech. Odd, but we need to say this.Why?  Because our startup culture is obsessed with technology, with all the things that might be possible. With coolness.  And that's wrong, expensively wrong. Technology is not a solution, it's not a product, nor a go-to-market strategy. It's not even a competitive advantage -- […]

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]]> http://wordsandpresence.com/2018/07/28/leadership-training-mostly-fails-why/feed/ 0 Seriously! Are you ready to start leading? http://wordsandpresence.com/2018/06/08/seriously-are-you-ready-to-start-leading/ http://wordsandpresence.com/2018/06/08/seriously-are-you-ready-to-start-leading/#respond Fri, 08 Jun 2018 04:04:16 +0000 http://wordsandpresence.com/?p=658 ​Seriously, are You ​Ready to ​Start Leading?​Compare Bungy jumping with leadership? ​Yeah, most people take the jump a lot more seriously. Understandable. On the other​ hand, we often deliver weak leadership for years and pretend there's not crash coming. But when a disruption occurs, weak leaders get washed out. Directions for bungy jumping:  1) find a good […]

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