An actual account of working through the process A recent client of mine shared their thoughts as they worked through the process – likening it to the well documented cycle of grief. Not that I want you to be sad by the process! I thought it was an interesting view and the client agreed that […]
Continue readingThe theatre of business? People have often asked me why I used a theatre analogy in my book to talk about business – suggesting that the two were at opposite ends of the spectrum. It was actually a melding of my two passions – theatre and business – that were staring me in the face! […]
Continue readingAuthenticity I’ve heard from several of you asking about “authenticity” and how you would know for sure that you were being authentic and other questions. Let me provide an excerpt from my book All the Workplace is a Stage: Acting Techniques to Create Award-Winning Business Performance. “As a business person, you know who you are. […]
Continue readingOnce again, here’s how the Complimentary Clarity Chat will work. First of all, it IS complimentary! I want to help you to improve your communication. And you get to see my style in working with you! I’ll spend about 40 to 50 minutes with you working on the very next step that you can take to communicate better. […]
Continue readingI was visiting my Mom recently in the hospital, and as I walked to her room each day, I noticed something specific. Most of the staff – the doctors and the nurses – walked around looking very stern. Not just serious – which I could understand, because they were dealing with people’s lives – but stern. […]
Continue readingThat moment when you can’t think of what it is you want to say and so you fill the empty space with “ummmmms” and “ahhhhhs”!What happens? In most cases, it’s simply a bad habit. You may not be 100% sure of what you want to say, so while you think of what you are going […]
Continue readingToday I’m sharing an excerpt from my Powerful Performance Process. Inside the Powerful Performance Process, I share my 4-Step Process for Showing Up, Saying What You Mean and Getting What You Want. While it’s based on my Amazon #1 Best Seller, I put together 10 audio lessons and a workbook to help you implement what […]
Continue readingToday I want to share some of the feedback I’ve gotten from clients over the years. I’m sure you think it’s wonderful to hear from me, but it’s always good to hear from the client in their own words. Here’s what a few clients had to say: “You are a master at building self-confidence and […]
Continue readingYou didn’t have to see the image. The voice said it all. Both instances – Walter Cronkite on November 22nd, 1963 and Anderson Cooper on June 14, 2016 – reporting an emotional moment. Both were skilled journalists with excellent command of their on-screen presence. And yet in each case, their voices said it all. Cronkite was reporting the […]
Continue reading“Who you are speaks so loudly that I can’t hear what you are saying.” The more common and condensed words of Ralph Waldo Emerson ring as true today as they did when he wrote them in 1876. Communication is more than just the words you say but a myriad of other factors that will all […]
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