My executive coaching client, Mei, had just received a high-visibility promotion. It would shift her from leading the sales function (with full profit and loss responsibility) to taking over a regional sales job in charge of 11 countries.
Social leadership is the opportunity of our time, and yet for some reason, companies are completely distracted chasing external influencers they can’t control to become brand advocates, instead of looking within.
This is a video on Body Language I did on President Xi's visit to USA on 7 April 2017.
I unpacked some interesting reads on the 2 presidents and their wives.
It is always an advantage to know what people are not saying and know what they are thinking.
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In all my years of teaching business writing skills, I’ve often been asked the question, “Why don’t they teach us this before we leave college or university?” Yes indeed, why not? There is a huge difference between academic and business writing.
Speaking in front of 50, 500 or even a crowd of 1,000 is one thing. Being the only external keynote speaker at a sales kickoff for 10,000+ insurance agents is quite another.
How to engage people with personal stories
Why, do you think, TV shows about celebrities have such high ratings? Because someone else’s personal life is always interesting. It is an immanent characteristics of human psychology.
How to earn trust and manage your reputation
What types of reputation do you know?
Lots of answers may come into your head now: reputation of a business person, reputation of a famous restaurateur, reputation of a brag etc.
It’s the holiday season. A time of reflection, planning, and thinking about what’s most important as we head into another year. I just hope it’s not as crazy as 2016.
