Presentation skills for your big-screen blockbuster

Leslie DicksonPosted by Leslie Dickson on June 17th, 2010 | 0 Comments

“Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away”. “I believe in the church of Baseball”. “I owe everything to George Bailey”. “Rosebud”. Recognize these? They’re the opening lines of some really great movies. Star Wars, Bull Durham, It’s a Wonderful Life, Citizen Kane. 
Imagine if these movies had started differently. “In a past scenario, the troop [...]

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Do you have the leadership skills for managing change? (Change Management Part 2)

Leslie DicksonPosted by Leslie Dickson on June 8th, 2010 | 0 Comments

In part one; I talked about the communication skills for managing change. Now I want to explore how leadership skills play into creating the content of those communications to help reach and inspire people to success.
One of the points I mentioned before was that people want to know why a change is taking place. It’s [...]

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Do you have the communication skills for managing change? (Change Management Part 1)

Leslie DicksonPosted by Leslie Dickson on May 24th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Change is good, right?  That’s what all the personal growth gurus tell us.  Maybe that’s the natural response in our personal lives, when we’re choosing to lose weight, move to a new neighborhood, or learn a foreign language.  But in the workplace the natural response is often fear, distrust, anger and anxiety.  This doesn’t apply [...]

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