Being Relatable… As a Leader, a Speaker, a Human

    You’ll hear me quote Les Brown a lot. He’s amazing and he’s definitely had an impact on everything I do. One of the things he told me is: “It’s hard to see the picture when you’re in the frame!” And, that’s important in a lot of different ways. It’s one of the reasons […]

Helping Leaders

Leadership for Large Corporations like NASA,Accenture, Boston Scientific, and Johnson & Johnson

I’m incredibly lucky. I help leaders at large corporations like NASA, Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific.

Public Speaking is Dangerous, but Snoop Doggy Dogg Can Assist!

Snoop Doggy Dogg

Public Speaking is Dangerous, but that didn’t stop Snoop Doggy Dogg That’s right. Public speaking, stepping up as a leader, even just sharing something that really matters to you is DANGEROUS! It’s dangerous to get noticed by the group! Look at what happened to Socrates and Jesus, and Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy […]

As a Leader This is More Important Now Than Ever Before

Neil Armstrong steps from the LEM

    Neil Armstrong’s birthday was August 5th and it got me thinking about one of my favorite stories of all time. It’s a story about President John F. Kennedy. After he had declared we were going to go to the Moon, John F Kennedy visited NASA for the first time, in 1961. He saw […]

Stories are Like Songs… Here’s Why.

Mick Jagger sings songs more than once!

  OK, you know that stories are essential. But, I find that people hesitate to tell their best stories more than once. They certainly often resist telling them often and using them to their full effect. But, stories are like songs! I believe that thinking of your stories as if they are songs is powerful […]