A Great Leader and a Great Speech

Leaders, We have an unusual posting for you this week. Last week was “V Week” for those of us who enjoy college basketball. “V Week” is named for Jimmy V, also known as Jim Valvano. Valvano was a great college basketball coach who got terminal cancer and gave an amazing speech at the ESPY Awards in…

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How to Rock Your Next Public Speaking Opportunity

(This post was first published here on September 21, 2015.)  Public Speaking! Yikes!! For many people, public speaking is more feared than death! All you have to do is avoid it, right? The problem is that public speaking is an important skill for organizational leaders. And you are all organizational leaders. I recall some of…

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