 |
The association that hired me to deliver the leadership keynote earlier that day also asked me to moderate Rick’s afternoon session. Rick was a good HR leader, but a terrible presenter. The squinting audience needed binoculars to read his crowded “slides.” His meandering and monotone voice was a lullaby to heavy eyelids. Rick droned . . . → Read More: How Leaders Judge a Presentation Obama’s “State of the Union Speech” did not describe the state of the United States. Instead, like most presidents before him, he used the speech to outline a long list of his favorite proposals, programs and projects. And although I felt it was a very moving speech, history suggests that it (like most others) . . . → Read More: How Well Did the President Communicate? On the second day of our collaboration workshop last week, one of the leaders asked, “Are we really going to spend an hour wrapping up our two-day workshop?” “At least!” I replied with a smile. “The only reason your organization invested so much in having you here is so things get better . . . → Read More: The 4 Simple Steps to Effective Meetings  Comments are closed  communication, effective meetings, efficient meetings, goals, Leader, Leadership, smart goal “I called him into my office, delivered the message, now he knows what I expect.” “So, your intention was to deliver a message?”, was my quick retort to this leader. “Absolutely!” She barked back. “Congratulations, then you accomplished your mission. But I think you were on the wrong mission. Rather than delivering your message, . . . → Read More: Please Push Your Pause Button 4 comments - (Comments are closed) achieve desired outcome, change behavior, choose, Commanding choose responsibly, communication, consider your intention, habit, Leadership, leading a team, Rational habits |
|
Home | Blog | Leadership Keynotes and Seminars | Leadership Assessment Info | Leadership Tools | Free Articles by Dave | See Dave Jensen "Live" | Contact Us |
|