If you want to position yourself as a high-status individual with the capacity to lead, consider this: Power comes from abstraction, not from facts. According to research in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, abstract thinkers feel less constrained by details… Read More »Presentation Tips: Think Forest, Not Trees
In 1996 I started out writing short blogs. I figured that since I liked short stuff, others would too. And to an extent, it worked. People often said they read my blogs because they were short. My book, The Essentials… Read More »Simplicity, Brevity, and their Step-Brother, Tenacity
I respect data, but I don’t revere it as I revere wisdom and judgment. That’s why I believe leaders need soft skills. After all: Data is not complex. It doesn’t get context, it’s developed by subjective humans, it doesn’t reach… Read More »7 Reasons Why Leaders Need Soft Skills
Guess who is described below. He was at one time the most famous man in America. Identify the mystery man, and Sims Wyeth & Co. will send 10 lucky winners a very special copy of a book called A Zen… Read More »Guess Who
How do you know who has the real power in your company? Yes, we know who has positional power. But do we know who has real, personal power? What are the behaviors that signify power–and what are the behaviors that… Read More »The Paradox of Power Cues
William Henry Herndon was a law partner and biographer of President Abraham Lincoln. They were a study in contrasts, opposites in temperament. Despite a poetic streak, Lincoln’s mind was logical, and he longed for the day when “reason, cold, calculating,… Read More »A Little Taste of Abraham on the Stump: Substance and style from a master communicator