(President’s Day is Feb. 17 but I’m posting this early, in their honor!) I asked a number of people recently how long they thought the Gettysburg Address actually was. Most said 10-15 minutes or they didn’t know.? Amazingly to me, the Gettysburg Address lasted just...

Last week, I presented “But You Said You Would …,”  a session on how to work more successfully with board members and employees, for the Winter Leadership Boot Camp of the National Association of Women Business Owners in New York City. It seems that problems dealing...

Following up President’s Day 2015. Hope you had a great one yesterday! Although he was regarded as gangly and awkward physically, President Abraham Lincoln knew how to connect to audiences. Here are two more practices he embraced that could help you, too. (1) He chose...

 As a freshman at the University of Florida (Go Gators!), I experienced the final days of curfew for women students on campus in the spring of 1968. Before its demise, there were strange practices like “panty raids” in the dorms. Where we actually threw underwear out...

What’s the difference between getting yawns and really nailing it? I am especially proud of a long-time client who has chosen to go where others in her field have never gone, as the newly departed and beloved Mr. Spock might have said. She could have taken the...

The directions by the workshop leader seemed simple: “Share the story of how you started your business or why you chose the profession you did.”   To my surprise, the stunningly beautiful young lady I was paired with immediately paled and grew frustrated,...

Part of why some of us dread meetings within our company or nonprofit organization is because they often force us to do “public speaking.” We are called upon – or expected – to say something of value.  I believe everyone who goes to a meeting needs to be ready to...

I was doing a late afternoon consultation with a client in Colombia recently and hadsuccessfully tested the online software that morning with no issues. At first, after just a few hiccups, everything seemed fine. About 10 minutes into a two-hour session, my client...