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How do you Influence Without Authority?

follow the leader

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

Death by Coconut

June 6, 2018 //  by Kevin Karschnik//  1 Comment

We hear a lot about “Death by PowerPoint” (a business phenomenon caused by poor design and delivery of slides). However, in the last 50 years, there are more documented deaths (8) that occurred from coconuts falling from trees and striking people on the head, than people dying during a PowerPoint presentation (0). Maybe we should …

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Category: Communication, PresentationsTag: communication, Presentation Skills, visual aids

21 Inspiring Quotes for Leaders

April 22, 2018 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

I’ve always loved the wisdom found in a short statement. In keynote speaker terms, we call these “sticky statements.” If you’re speaking to an audience and you make a statement that causes everyone to write it down, you just gave them a sticky statement. As we’ve brought the first quarter of 2018 to a close …

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Category: Leadership, quotesTag: 2018, change, communication, core values, Corporate Ovations, Helen Keller, influence, inspiration, iSpeak, iSpeak Inc, John C. Maxwell, John F. Kennedy, Kevin Karschnik, leadership, leadership blog, leading change, New Year's Resolution, persuasion, professional selling, public speaking, Ronald Reagan, Russ Peterson Jr., sales, Simon Sinek, values, vision, vision statement, why

7 Secrets to Get Your Next Audience to Love You

March 11, 2018 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

I knew it wasn’t going to be your normal conference kickoff keynote when I entered the ballroom and found a bongo at every audience seat. I was in the audience that day with about 400 other attendees. We couldn’t help but pick up the bongo, inspect it and experiment with tapping on it. Then one …

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Category: UncategorizedTag: approachability, approachable, break the script, Chip Heath, coaching, communication, confidence, Corporate Ovations, Craig Valentine, Dan Heath, Drum Cafe, empathy, executive presence, Heath Brothers, iSpeak, iSpeak Inc, Kevin Karschnik, leader presence, leadership, leadership blog, leadership presence, leadership vision, mentoring, Power of Moments, presence, Presentation Skills, presentations, professional selling, public speaking, Russ Peterson Jr., sales, sales communication, speaking, speaking skills, vision

Part 3 of 3: How to Turn Your Presence into LEADER Presence

March 9, 2018 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

“How is leader presence any different from normal presence?” My student asked this question immediately after I defined the two elements that make up a first impression; your perceived confidence and your approachability. My student persisted with a follow up question before I could even respond, “I mean, isn’t your presence just these two things, …

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Category: Coaching, Communication, Leadership, PresentationsTag: approachability, approachable, coaching, communication, confidence, Corporate Ovations, empathy, executive presence, iSpeak, iSpeak Inc, Kevin Karschnik, leader presence, leadership, leadership blog, leadership presence, leadership vision, mentoring, presence, Presentation Skills, presentations, professional selling, public speaking, Russ Peterson Jr., sales, sales communication, speaking, speaking skills, vision

Part 2 of 3: FIVE Ways to Develop Leadership Approachability

February 18, 2018 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

The conference call went silent for only a second while she was thinking. Then my boss said, “Russ can be there. Set up the meeting.” Well, it looks like I was about to book a flight to Boston from Houston. Without any thought to my personal schedule, my pregnant wife, or my 2-year-old son. I’m …

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Category: Communication, LeadershipTag: approachability, approachable, coaching, communication, confidence, Corporate Ovations, empathy, executive presence, iSpeak, iSpeak Inc, Kevin Karschnik, leader presence, leadership, leadership blog, leadership presence, mentoring, presence, Presentation Skills, presentations, professional selling, public speaking, Russ Peterson Jr., sales, sales communication, speaking, speaking skills, vision

Failure doesn’t teach a lesson without this…

January 28, 2018 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

My son had his eyes set on the biggest stuffed animal, but throwing the balls into the basket was not going to be as easy as it appeared. After three failed attempts at tossing the balls he looked up at me and said, “I want to try again.” I could see where this was going. …

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Category: UncategorizedTag: Albert Einstein, Babe Ruth, communication, education, failure, fixed mindset, growth mindset, iSpeak, iSpeak Inc, Kevin Karschnik, leadership, learning, lessons, mindset, Presentation Skills, Russ Peterson Jr., Zig Ziglar

Leaders Want These Two Skills In 2018

Leadership Millennial

January 21, 2018 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

I’ve noticed a trend in our customers’ professional development requests. This trend began about 4 years ago. What I found interesting was that each customer was working on the same specific need. This specific need was actually created by an entire generation. That generation is the Baby Boomer Generation. The Coming Storm Baby Boomers are retiring …

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Category: Communication, LeadershipTag: baby boomers, communication, Corporate Ovations, influence, iSpeak, iSpeak Inc, Kevin Karschnik, leaders, leadership, leadership communication, leadership development programs, leadership gap, leadership skills, millennials, Presentation Skills, presentations, professional development, public speaking, retirement, Russ Peterson Jr.

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