From the “I have a dream” speech to Steve Jobs’ iPhone launch, many great talks have a common structure that helps their message resonate with listeners. In this talk, presentation expert Nancy Duarte shares practical lessons on how to make a powerful call-to-action.
This Toxic Leadership Trait Is Killing Your Motivation
| By Frances Mcintosh, www.forbes.com | Toxic behaviors are a major energy drain in teams and organizations. The web is awash with tips and insights on dealing with narcissists and how we are drawn in by their charm and charisma. Mind games like “gaslighting” and “goal-post moving” have us doubting our sanity, leaving us feeling battered, bruised and exhausted. […]
Why Catholic Colleges Excel at Basketball
| By Marc Tracy, www.nytimes.com | SAN ANTONIO — Long before a 98-year-old nun became the biggest star of the 2018 N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament, Immaculata, a small Catholic college outside Philadelphia, won the first three de facto national women’s basketball championships. The Mighty Macs’ titles in the early 1970s, Bill Russell’s breakout success at the University […]
5 Fundamental Skills for First-Time Managers
| By Partners In Leadership, www.inc.com | By Mattson Newell (@MattsonNewell), Director for Partners In Leadership, an expert and author on Breakthrough Communications, Global Human Resources, and Talent Development. If you’re like many leaders in the startup environment, you might be managing people for the first time–possibly without the training and development that leaders in mature companies receive on […]
The Evolving Definition of Work-Life Balance
| By Alan Kohll, www.forbes.com | The term “work-life balance” has yet to lose its buzz in the last few years. This is partially due to the dominating presence of millennials in the workforce. Employers have been putting in a tremendous effort trying to determine the best way to appeal to millennial workers. With the millennial generation […]
Can the NCAA Basketball Commission Accomplish Anything?
| By Jeremy Bauer-wolf, www.insidehighered.com | The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s president, Mark Emmert, acknowledged that there would be a collective public eye roll at his announcement of a commission to reform big-time men’s basketball. In a speech to thousands of delegates at the NCAA annual convention in January, he paraphrased the association’s critics: “Oh, that’s what the […]
The Quest for Truth on Concussions and CTE
TEDTalks Something strange and deadly is happening inside the brains of top athletes — a degenerative condition, possibly linked to concussions, that causes dementia, psychosis and far-too-early death. It’s called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, and it’s the medical mystery that Chris Nowinski wants to solve by analyzing brains after death. It’s also why, when […]
The 5 Rules of Effective Collaboration
| By Annabel Acton, www.inc.com | Collaboration is king. We know that it gets us to better ideas and outcomes; not to mention it makes the process of work more meaningful and enjoyable on the whole. But it’s a tricky thing to get right. We are rarely trained in how to collaborate, or given the skills and language […]