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Want to be More Creative? Try this…

at the whiteboard

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

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

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

“Dear Younger Me…” – 5 Things I wish I knew as a young Sales Professional

April 12, 2018 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

I was driving and listening to the radio (KLOVE) when a song by Mercy Me started. It gripped me from the opening line. “Dear younger me, where do I start?…”The song itself is powerful and it made a lasting impression on me because it made me think. I’m 30 years out of high school and …

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Category: Communication, Leadership, SalesTag: confidence, core values, Corporate Ovations, Dear Younger Me, I can only imagine, iSpeak, iSpeak Inc, leadership, leadership blog, Mercy Me, perfection is a direction, professional selling, Rick Page, Russ Harris, Russ Peterson Jr., sales, sales advice, sales blog, sales career, Sales Discovery, Sales Influence, sales leadership, sales management, sales professional, success, Zig Ziglar

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

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