Insights: Leadership

How to Speak Like a CEO, by Suzanne Bates

Review of How to Speak Like a CEO, by Suzanne Bates This is a good overview of leadership communication skills.  It emphasizes authenticity, and it covers a broad range of communication topics such as speech / presentation preparation, question and answer sessions, leading meetings, working with the media, and having 1-1 conversations.  It doesn’t go […]

Leverage Better Technology in 2012

If you’re serious about getting something substantial done in 2012, you probably do a lot of planning, dreaming and strategizing around this time of year.  In my own planning for the New Year, one of my focus areas is to leverage technology to reduce wasted time and time spent on lower-priority tasks.  Here are some […]

Exercise for More Brain Power

I’m currently reading Brain Rules by John Medina.  It’s one of a number of popular books on brain science that have striking relevance to leadership, and to modern life.  Here are a few ideas that really struck me: Research shows that people perform better cognitively when they exercise on a regular basis.  There is a […]