One of my friends and colleagues, Elizabeth, posted a perfect, 10/10 symbol story on LinkedIn. First, Elizabeth's symbol story, then a little commentary on her story, the picture, and its…
I've been working with Alex, one of my executive coaching and storytelling/marketing clients, for the past several years. Early in the engagement, I helped him tell an important life story…
Roy is a friend and colleague from the University of Maryland Business School, where we both teach. Roy is full-time. I'm an adjunct, teaching in the fall semester, public speaking…
As a small business contractor to the Federal Government, I subscribe to the SBA's newsletter. On the recent Veterans Day, I received an email from SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman.…
One of my LinkedIn connections is Nicole Malachowski, a fellow veteran. She retired from the US Air Force as a Colonel. Among her many accolades and distinctions, she was the…
I serendipitously discovered this excellent story from John Zimmer, co-founder of Lyft. I discovered his on-the-precipice-of-shutting-down story in Inc. Magazine. Against the odds, against industry expectations, against trusted advice, John…
Margaret, one of my coaching customers, was required to read The Culture Map (Amazon affiliate). All executives at her Fortune 500 company were required to read it. All executives at…
A few weeks ago, I presented our Leaders STORY (Leaders to the Power of Story) workshop as a webinar to the Construction Education Institute® of the Mechanical Contractors Association of…
I was talking about using humor in the workplace (e.g., presentations, public speaking, storytelling, training, recruiting, and sales) to one of my students after class (I teach public speaking and…
Here's a wonderful story from Brene Brown from her Power of Vulnerability presentation at RSA (see below for video). It has a great Better Tomorrow Message ™. It has a…