Month: December 2015
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Love Leadership approach
In a world where people are seemingly obsessed with success, Love Leadership makes the case that the path to sustained success is paved by leading with love, not fear. Drawing from his personal transformation, interviews with well-known leaders, and anecdotes, John Hope Bryant explores love and fear leadership styles, proposing that love leadership acknowledges a person’s need…
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EXECUTIVE PRESENCE
Executive presence (EP) is the unknown quality that some people appear to have and others do not. Luckily, most of the elements of EP can be learned. WHAT IS EXECUTIVE PRESENCE? No person can achieve a top job, an extraordinary deal, or a significant following without executive presence (EP). EP is a combination of confidence,…
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MAKING SHIFT
There is no way to make someone shift to a more optimal motivational outlook, but leaders can help get their employees on the right track by havingmotivationaloutlook conversations. These conversations are useful when a situation is negatively affecting a person or when his or her outlook is having a negative effect on the team or…
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Form Connect with INTRIGUE approach
Contemporary culture is more impatient, distracted, and disconnected than ever before. In Got Your Attention?, Sam Horn demonstrates how to earn the attention and trust of coworkers, decision makers, or potential clients. Success simply requires updated persuasion, communication, and positioning techniques that are rooted in making genuine connections with other people. This can all be…
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PERSUASION
Being an effective speaker is considered a key executive competency, but it is also something of a dying art. People are relying more and more on digital communication, and studies show that listeners’ attention spans are getting shorter. Still, speaking is a more effective mode of communication than writing because vocal intonations help clarify meaning…
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PASSION
Passionate leaders are committed to things that are meaningful or important. Followers are attracted to passionate leaders because they believe leaders who are passionate will see things through to completion. Passion by itself can be dangerous, however, and it must be balanced with wisdom or trustworthiness. Passionate leaders commit honestly to what they believe in…
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ELEVATORS SPEECH
No one is born doing a keynote speech. Great motivational and keynote speakers have developed their capabilities from learning and mastering key techniques. There is no one big thing in communications, but rather a great many little things that add up to create a big impact. Even after all of this training, to keep improving it is…
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WHAT REALLY MOTIVATES PEOPLE
The real story of motivation lies in human nature; people have an innate desire to learn, grow, enjoy, and excel at what they do; make contributions; build lasting relationships; and achieve a sense of wholeness. Whether they recognize it or not, what truly motivates them is having three core psychological needs met: autonomy, relatedness, and…