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If you’re moving to virtual training, you have Four Options

Virtual Training

April 6, 2020 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

COVID-19 has turned the training world upside down. You’ve heard of flipped classrooms? Well guess what… now they’re all flipped with virtual training! How do you deliver training when people can’t gather together physically, for meetings, for training, for projects… for anything? You can either cancel all your training or you can find another way …

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Category: iSpeak, Virtual

Your best source for a business story

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July 21, 2019 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

Enjoying a cup of coffee and a conversation just like you’ve done many times before. You love conversations with this person. She always tells the best stories. Come to think of it… she’s not like everyone else you know. Not everyone keeps you this engaged with a story. Why is that? What makes her stories …

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Category: iSpeak, Storytelling

Want to be More Creative? Try this…

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June 23, 2019 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

I was holding the marker, standing at the whiteboard and waiting for someone to give me an idea to write down… but they didn’t. They were tapped out. My students had just come up with about 20 ideas and were fresh out of material at this point. Have you been there? When you’re at this …

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Category: LeadershipTag: brainstorming, creativity, innovation, iSpeak, leadership, leadership blog, leadership communication, Russ Peterson Jr., Todd Zwissler

Three Tools to Make Better Decisions

May 19, 2019 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

We make decisions all day long. Some are simple (froot loops or cheerios?) while others can be quite complex (quit my job or stay?) Some internet sources say it could be as many as 35,000 per day, which obviously includes all the simple decisions. How can we get better at making the tough decisions without …

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Category: LeadershipTag: cognitive tools, decision making, decisions, iSpeak, leadership, leadership blog, Russ Peterson Jr., thinking

The Fable Story Template and When to Use it

April 29, 2019 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

From Aesop’s fablesto Jesus’ parables, we’ve heard these types of stories our whole life. The fable is both powerful and easy to implement. Here’s why you should consider using them the next time you want to focus on a truth and reinforce the core values of your corporate culture. Fables and parables are fictional stories …

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Category: iSpeak, Storytelling

How to use the David-and-Goliath Story Template

David and Goliath

April 14, 2019 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

Whether you’re Jewish, Christian or neither, you’ve probably heard the Biblical story of the shepherd boy destined to become a king. David was the shepherd boy who courageously accepted the fight-to-the-death challenge from the Philistine warrior Goliath, a man twice his size. It’s a classic tale of the underdog facing the champion. If you’ve heard …

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Category: StorytellingTag: Corporate Ovations, corporate storytelling, David and Goliath, leadership, storytelling

How do you Influence Without Authority?

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April 7, 2019 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

When I was young we used to find adventure on the new home sites at the end of our street. A big pile of dirt would quickly become a trophy centerpiece to do battle for the reigning title of “King of the Mountain.” If you’ve never played it before, every person tries their best to …

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Category: iSpeakTag: assertive, coaching, coaching services, commitment, communication, communication skills, compliance, Corporate Ovations, habits, influence, iSpeak, iSpeak Inc, John C. Maxwell, leaders, leadership, mentoring, passion, passionate, persuasion, power bases, presentations, public speaking, Russ Peterson Jr., vision

Positively stop saying… “I can’t!”

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February 19, 2019 //  by Todd Zwissler//  Leave a Comment

Before we start a new workshop, myself and my peers at iSpeak take the time to meet each individual in the room and learn their name. Throughout the workshop, we use our students’ names when we address them. Recently I was teaching a sales class and 5 minutes after class started, I mentioned a student …

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