Every speechwriter and every public speaker knows you should finish your talk with an inspiring call to action. That’s how leaders trigger real change. Sometimes it works – and sometimes it doesn’t. But the first rule is: always keep it short. So “Yes, we can” worked. So did “I have a dream,” and “We choose [ more » ]
Once upon a time, kings personally commanded their armies in war. The price of dull leadership on the battlefield was death, banishment and even the abolition of entire nation states. In 1346 King Philip VI of France lost his sacred battle flag, the Oriflamme, at the Battle of Crécy and unleashed a century of war [ more » ]
More and more we hear that “body language” is a key component of the way we communicate – but little concrete information is shared about the grammar and syntax of the mysterious language of what isn’t said. What we do hear tends to focus on the effectiveness of what appear quite superficial or artificial gestures [ more » ]