Some people make a habit of pointing out your mistakes, flaws, and overdue assignments, keeping you on the defensive through a steady stream of negative implications.
In this post, Dean shares why true leaders don’t do that, and how to deal with those who do.
The job of a technical person isn’t just about doing their technical work, it’s also got to be about communication. But those two jobs use two very different muscles, and if you don’t use a muscle much, it won’t get stronger.
In this vlog post, Pete zeroes in on one particular muscle technical people need to go out of their way to exercise.
Panic can be triggered in the moments just before a speech or sales pitch. It is an intense emotional experience that shows on your face, triggers hesitation, and shrinks the breadth of your thoughts and options.
In this post, Dean shares how to snap out of the tunnel vision by practicing two feelings until you can flip them on like a switch.
Some folks out there equate “authenticity” with “just saying what you feel” or speaking without a filter. But Pete believes it’s much deeper than that.
Check out his latest post to hear where he’s coming from on the topic, then chime in below with your perspective.
Is the thing that holds you back from speaking well — or speaking at all — the way it makes you feel? The “presenting feeling” can start long before you actually present, and can cascade to interfere with your ability to think and be natural.
But what if you could change what that “presenting feeling” is? What if you could feel great when you present? In this post, Dean shares a technique to get there in a surprisingly simple way.
“Opportunity” has historically been a concept that often creates bland stories. But we recently found a way to incorporate it powerfully into compelling stories that work.
Check out Pete’s thoughts about it here, and let us know how they land for you.
Effective presentations are valuable to your team in countless ways.
In today’s post, Pete lays out a few ways that you can foster your team members into better presenters.
Are your presentations ‘human enough?’ Are they reaching the people-side and not just the business side? In a world of buzz words and business points, Dean returns to the campfire for a basic lesson in making your message more human — through “campfire storytelling.”
As a leader, you almost certainly have people coming to you all the time with requests and suggestions. But the folks who report to you may not be the best communicators, and as a result, their ideas could be undersold by their words. At this point, it’s your job to give the idea the respect and thoughtfulness it deserves by asking good questions.
In this post, Pete shares his thoughts about where to look to find those good questions.
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