Context This article describes how to communicate well with minimum preparation time when you have a quick update to provide or a request to make. Quick means you're speaking less than five minutes, although a subsequent discussion might last longer.…
Topics I gave a presentation on leadership behaviors to over one-hundred people at a conference in Valley Forge, PA on July 27th, 2019. The topics were: OwningPrioritizingCommunicatingCoachingDeciding Resources Check out a copy of the presentation handout with resources, exercises, and…
Read earlier posts in the 'How to Create the Best-Speech-of-Your-Life' series. Introduction When developing the best five-minute speech of your life, you need feedback. If you’re delivering any important communication, a message to your team, a big presentation, answers for…
Introduction For me the way to listen better is to turn the scenarios below into a video game. I score points whenever I use techniques like below. I lose points (and go red like the image below) whenever I say…
Introduction When Bria told me that she was pregnant, she surprised a smile out of me with a note that read "Time to practice. Get ready. August 2019." She knew I'd smile because she knows how much I reference Allen…