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This is an interview with John Zimmer, one of the leadership communications coaches who joins me regularly at IESE Business School for various programs. This week we are teaching the Executive MBA program. John has a wonderful blog: Manner of Speaking. Four of the top posts at his blog are: The Gettysburg Address: An Analysis… Continue reading IESE Leadership Communications: Q&A with John Zimmer on Common Questions
This is a 36 minute conversation with Bill Gallagher, a business coach and speaker who is beginning to work with Vistage Groups. In this conversation we discuss how a speaker can build their relationship with Vistage leading to invitations to deliver workshops to Vistage groups in their area or region. We also discuss what is… Continue reading Becoming a Vistage Speaker
Game of Thrones is back for its final season this week. This video comes from the beautiful city walls of Ávila, about 100kms to the west of Madrid in Spain. I used to think that it was enough to be good at your job, and to be nice to people… and money, success and power… Continue reading A Life Lesson from The Game of Thrones
How to improve your life: make better decisions. If you take better decisions, you improve your life. How to take better decisions: Improve your data Focus on what is Important (with Frameworks) Get other brains involved Improve your Data Feelings are not a good guide in complex decisions. Only evidence and the perspectives of people… Continue reading How to Take Better Decisions
Last week I finally got to meet the Arbinger Institute. On Thursday I attended a workshop in Barcelona for one of our Vistage CEO Groups led by Arbinger Institute. On Friday I had the privilege of meeting the CEO of Arbinger Institute and hearing about his personal mission to expand the impact of their work.… Continue reading How to Lead Change in Organisations
One of my most read & shared posts ever is 11 Differences between Busy People and Productive People. Productivity is clearly a theme which resonates with you, my favorite reader. Robert Pozen and Kevin Downey write about 3 keys to productivity over at Harvard Business Review. They share a summary of their work on personal… Continue reading What Makes Some People More Productive Than Others
Last night I drove home from the Costa Brava. This is a 90 minute drive. I spent 89 minutes looking at the road ahead and about 1 minute using the mirrors to see what was behind me, and what was in the lanes next to me. Driving while looking mostly in the rear view mirror… Continue reading Preparing for the Future (not Reacting to the Past)
Not for all my readers, but for anyone who uses Final Cut Pro to edit videos, this 90 minute masterclass is excellent. John Williams is excellent in explaining the end to end process from idea through to fully edited film. Topics Covered in this Film Making Masterclass Louise Laws provided a great run down of… Continue reading Film Making Masterclass: with Final Cut Pro
Here’s a quick analysis (not scientific nor complete) of poor ways of listening. I am guilty of #1 and #2, I can enjoy #3… but I really hate #4. (#2 is my Achilles Heel). The 4 Categories of Poor Listening Knows it Already One Upper Gossiper Black Hole Knows it Already As you get half-way… Continue reading 4 Categories of Poor Listening