LEADERSHIP DEMANDS THE FACTS BE RESEARCHED, DETERMINED, CONSIDERED AND APPLIED “Facts and issues are not the same. Facts and emotions are not the same. Facts and opinions are not the same. Facts are not friendly, biased or selective. Facts are often misused, disguised, hidden, misrepresented and even lied about. Facts are sometimes hard to discover…
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT BEGINS AND ENDS WITH WHO “Build a better mousetrap used to be the core belief of capitalism and entrepreneurship. In more recent years, Speed to market became the mantra. Not just is it better, but will it be available sooner? Next came the digital age, marketing and promotion changed in nature, cost and…
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT - SEASONS OF CHANGE CHALLENGE CHARACTER “Few things pull on the fibers of a leaders character than change which lies outside their control. Economic change, global political change, personal changes we did not choose are all contending for energy, attention, focus and finances. Strong leaders will return to their core values in these…
STORYPOWER COACHING - LIVE IN STUDIO WITH AMY VARLEY “Stories are for business, for sales, for personal growth, for leadership development and for public speaking. The need for multiple stories on every topic on speaks on is undeniable. The skill set needed to identify and curate stories is invaluable. In this episode we will discuss…
BALANCE TEACHING WITH STORY WHEN DEPLOYING STORYPOWER AS A TEACHING TOOL “The desire to convey information, shape ideas, transform the quality of another’s life and circumstance generally drive the compunction to take the mic, ascend the platform, write the book or stand in front of the camera. Simply said, speakers speaker, writers write to convey…
STORYPOWER COACHING - I CAN TELL YOUR STORY EXERCISE FROM WAY BACK WHEN “The practice of StoryPower storytelling is formulaic. Once the principles are established the process is duplicatable. Telling someone else’s story back for them is possible because their formula is consistent and what changes are the elements of each persons history or experience.…
STORYPOWER REQUIRES EFFECTIVE PRACTICE TO MASTER THE ART FORM “Practice does not make perfect, but it will make permanent. If a speaker, leader, trainer picks up bad habits in their communication style the odds are these habits will stick with them for a while. Practicing the dexterity of vocabulary, enunciation and intonation are critical skills…
PRACTICING STORIES YOU HAVE LIVED THROUGH SEEMS REDUNDANT - IT IS ESSENTIAL “It might seem silly to rehearse telling a story you lived through. However, it is far too easy to ad lib when you feel confident no one knows the story like you do. I recently heard a speech where the speech giver quoted…
TELL A STORY - MAKE A POINT - CALL THEM TO ACTION “As a leader, communicator or influencer the expectation of the audience is for you to have a new idea, a new direction and a new strategy. Speakers who tell a story and make no point only confuse the audience regardless how entertaining the…
STORYPOWER COACHING WITH KRISTINA KNOWLES (SPMC 2020) “The heart of a story can get lost in the details. The ability for the communicator to get the point across, to connect emotionally, to identify the problem and present an effective solution in as free words as possible is a skill set which demands much discipline. There…