Category Archives: Teaching
“Those who can do. Those who can’t teach.”
Has your leader used the “two paths” story to teach?
One Question That Can Change Your Life
Do you really want to improve? Try this...
My wife and I were both excited to attend the leadership conference! The lineup of speakers included one of my favorites and one of my wife’s favorites. I was amped to hear from Craig Groeschel on topics like leading change and building systems. My wife was most excited about Lysa Terkeurst and her talk on […]
Failure doesn’t teach a lesson without this…
The Best Way to Turn Failure Into Learning
4 Tools for Telling Better Stories
and why audiences will love them!
I’ve always enjoyed sharing stories when I speak. Unfortunately, when I started telling stories over 25 years ago, they weren’t nearly as engaging as they are today. I know I’ve still got plenty of room to improve, but you can trust me when I say, they’ve gotten much better! This is thanks to the generous […]
One Thing Coaching Can’t Fix
Are you a Fixed or Growth-Minded Person?
Dan finished his presentation in my workshop and now he’s looking at me for feedback. My first suggestion is to limit his caged-lion pacing back and forth. His immediate response, “Oh, I know I do that. That’s just me. Everybody knows I do that. It helps me think when I’m moving.” For Dan, I could tell, […]
How the best leaders make change “stick”
What can you do to make sure they don't lose it?
One powerful secret speakers use to captivate you
...but you've probably never noticed
The Disney World attendant reached out her hand toward my crying son and said, “Russell… will you come with me please?” Earlier we had asked about getting Peter Pan’s autograph and we were told he would not be signing autographs today, but he would be in the parade down Main Street USA. Peter Pan was […]