What’s your leadership style? Are you a Steve Jobs or a Gandhi? Creative or rigid? Direct or collaborative? There’s no definitive right way to lead. Different groups and different situations require different tactics. Effective leadership considers goals of your organization, your individual strengths and the requirements of your team. It’s important to understand your…
There comes a time when you need to get paid as a speaker. Sharing your expertise for free at the local library and the nearby university has been a great learning experience that has allowed you to assemble an impressive speaker’s kit that contains your bio, three to five keynote topics you can feel confident…
Speaking before a targeted audience of peers and prospects is an excellent way to grow your business and authority. In order to land a paid speaking engagement, you need a website with these three assets: A speaker’s kit. This is a two- to four-page PDF attachment that can be downloaded or sent to those requesting…
I’ve been fortunate over the years to work with some brilliant business and marketing professionals, from Orlando Magic’s founder Pat Williams, who has been my mentor since my high school days, to Steve Forbes, who wrote the foreword to my last book. Coupled with building my own business over the last 15 years, growing it…