After a career as US Navy Helicopter Test Pilot, Instructor, and Acquisition Professional, I fell in love with organizational and Personal Growth and Development, Leadership Training, and Communication/Public Speaking education. Now I inspire others to Dream more, Learn more, Do more, and Become more as leaders.
Respect. It is that simple. Yes, it goes a bit deeper than Aretha Franklin’s “Just a little bit…” But it is an effective starting point. The respect that you must have for your audience demonstrates itself in three ways: preparation, organization, and conversation.
“They may forget what you said — but they will never forget how you made them feel.” —Carl W. Buehner The energy of a spoken… Read More »Long-Term Implications of Today’s Actions
Recently, a friend asked for some advice on how to conduct an effective beta teach during the rollout of a new workforce training course. In… Read More »Beta Teach for a New Workforce Training Course
As another year ends, once again I find myself thinking about the new year to come. A time of goal setting, habit-considering, and plan-making. I… Read More »Read, Write, Reflect, Review, Relax: The 5 R’s
Music, in all its complexities, genres, types, and styles, relies on three dimensions to provide order to what otherwise would be chaos. The three dimensions… Read More »The Three Dimensions of Music and Dynamic Public Speaking
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein Knowledge, the Root of Wisdom What is knowledge other than experience? Experience is either first-hand (one’s… Read More »Imagination is More Important Than Knowledge
While conducting many courses at different locations across the US, with thousands of people in classes ranging in size from 3 to over 100, my… Read More »Pillars of Training Success
“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” Ronald E. Osborn, author Have you ever noticed that… Read More »Grow or Decay – Pick One!
When speaking to an audience it is best to look them in the eye. In one-on-one polite conversation, unbroken, continuous eye contact can be too… Read More »Look Out to Connect – Dynamic Public Speaking
John D Rockefeller once observed, “The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.” Just as a small stream of water, given… Read More »The Common Things in Dynamic Speaking