There was a recent article on the BBC website on The Art and Science of Being Charismatic. The full text is here, and in this essay, I want to draw out some highlights (the italicized sections below) and underline how they map against the communication...
When I was a boy, David Icke was a highly respected sportscaster on the BBC. He presented Grandstand most Saturday afternoons, bowls, snooker (ah, England!) and even the Olympics. Then one day he decided he’d done with all that, disappeared for a while and came...
I was speaking with someone yesterday who had just viewed my TED talk for the first time. He was saying how much he had enjoyed the video and how it had made him think about his own leadership, particularly in the realm of language and...
I write this as I am preparing to leave on a business trip to a workshop in Chicago where another group of clients want to enhance their communication with ‘storytelling’. ‘Storytelling’ is certainly an ‘in thing’ at the moment, particularly in leadership development circles and more...
I get off the train at Kings Cross (I’ve been visiting my Mum up near Leeds) and pick up a taxi. I find myself in good spirits – I think I can feel the beginnings (at least for me) of the Olympic Games energy. Certainly there were a...
United Flight 509 New York to Denver. NOV 28, 2012. I order Gin & Ginger Ale. It's my cocktail of choice (I'm telling you this so you can send one across the room to me if ever we find ourselves in the same classy bar). I fly...
I had three coaching calls in the space of 5 hours the other day and everyone of them was basically about this question: 'David, can you help me to have a conversation that I am worried about having?' Thats not what my clients came into our...
Conversations for Results Part 4 Take a look at Part 1, Part 2 or Part 3 if you missed them. In business, relationship is the channel for execution. Work is delivered in and through relationship with others, and so the quality of the relationship can often determine...
Conversations for Results Part 3 Take a look at Part 1 and Part 2 if you missed them. In business, relationship is the channel for execution. Work is delivered in and through relationship with others, and so the quality of the relationship can often determine the quality...
Conversations for Results Part 2 In case you missed it, take a look at part 1 In business, relationship is the channel for execution. Work is delivered in and through relationship with others, and so the quality of the relationship can often determine the quality of the...