Category Professional development
The 30 Day Check Up
Last month’s media, presentation skills, or advocacy training workshop is firmly in your rearview mirror. What is a conscientious communications executive to do now? Most of my clients tell me they find their foundational workshop to be educational and enjoyable. I appreciate that. Yet the real test comes over time by assessing week by week […]
Here’s to Your Professional Development
Those of you who know me realize that I am stickler for sustained professional development (some may call it an obsession or fixation; take your pick). The fact remains one lone communications training session might improve messaging and skills around the edges. But it is no substitute for an ongoing program. To wit: A single […]
Research Wrinkles
Be careful. Be very careful about whose views you trust. An example: A post recently popped into my LinkedIn feed making specious claims about the amount of our message we convey via our visual, auditory, and verbal signals. The contention at hand has long since been called out as a misinterpretation of groundbreaking research by […]
Media Guidance for the Technical-minded
Editorial note: This post is a reprise of an entry from days of yore. Why no new content this edition? I’ve been down with the flu for about a week, and have zero energy. I’m fully vaccinated, so am thankful for those who strived to develop the vaccine; otherwise, who knows? I might have found […]
A Potpourri of Problems
I’ve gotten lots of questions over the years, some basic, some complex. Here is a sampling of the curiosities that run through the minds of participants in workshops and communications strategy sessions, and of the internal experts who advise them. My boss asked me to take part in a media training session. What do I […]
Attention, Business Reading Group Members
Boy, have I got a deal for you. I know, that sounds like a line from a cheesy late night TV ad. Seriously, I think this is one you might appreciate if you are involved with a business book club or reading group. Such groups typically enjoy hearing from authors, so I hereby volunteer to […]
A Professional Development Map for the C-suite
A sustained professional development program for your C-suite and other spokespeople is a must. How do you get there? That’s covered in Chapter Six of my book A+ Strategies for C-Suite Communications: Turning Today’s Leaders into Tomorrow’s Influencers. I’ll focus on some of the highlights here. Strategy is all well and good, but leaving it […]
C-suite Blueprint 
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