If you opened this link based on the title alone, you either like butter or have time on your hands? Either way, glad you did because I have an interesting tidbit to help us improve our instructional outcomes. If you have a topic that benefits from your listener’s emotional connection, consider integrating more analogies and metaphors
In the movies, the heroic leader is often seen charging at the enemy with their saber rattling and a fierce battle cry. Just like in real life, right? Uh, no. Theater aside, success during a crisis requires a leader that can access different strengths at different times. Read on about the different leadership types in a crisis … and consider which ones you
Once upon a time I failed as a leader…Okay, so it happens regularly, but let’s just focus on one of them for now, okay? Here’s a story of a leadership failure, what I learned, and how you can avoid the same mistake.My business, TEAM Solutions, has 3 full-time employees: me, myself, and I. When I have a
Orange, TX, September 13, 2008 — Members of Texas Task Force One and Two come together for a quick field briefing. Both teams conducted search and rescue efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. Mike Moore/FEMAAre you a responder who wants to transform from a good communicator to a great communicator? Great response leaders are defined
When seeking great Team Engagement, we’ve heard it before. “Bring the passion!” “Have a purpose!” We hear the battle cries, yet one of the challenges of leaders I hear the most often is the lack of engagement among their Team. Lack of engagement with your Team – especially Millennials – has a couple of root
Actually, whack-a-mole in reverse. Â For, you know, better student engagement. (Had a sheltered childhood and don’t know the game? Check this out … and then hurry back)Not everybody wants to talk, but everybody wants to be heard.Instead of suppressing the mild mannered dude in the 3rd row, what can we do to draw them out? Maybe their