Catalyst for Collaboration—Achieving Astonishing Results.
Last week, I gave a presentation about enterprise-level thought leadership to a hundred executives at the Senior Executive Network. You may be thinking, “Kristin, you’re a high stakes meeting facilitator; what are you doing talking about thought leadership?”
As I was preparing for this …
For the last two days, I hung out with 400 incredibly cool Javascript programmers at the JSConf 2012 in my new hometown of Scottsdale, AZ. I spoke on the second day, so I wanted to get a feel for this conference and the …
Bob, the CEO of a $400 million manufacturing company, decided to bring his leadership team together for a two-day off-site retreat. He determined who needed to attend, what topics they needed to cover, and handed it over to his executive assistant (EA) to arrange …
I am putting the finishing touches on a speech I am giving next Tuesday. Odd thing is that it centers around my US Coast Guard experience – and I don’t typically talk about my Coast Guard days on stage. In the bar, maybe. On stage, never. Evidently, it is Women’s History Month and …
“This is great blog material,” chortled by daughter, Marina, as we were hiking up Tom’s Thumb in the McDowell Mountain Sonoran Preserve. The trail has a fairly step ascent in the first mile. Slow and steady was my mantra as I was trailing …
As a leader, your team takes a cue from you – the words you say and how you say them. You may be inspiring your team, or unintentionally sabotaging your leadership success.
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Last night, I attended the Phoenix Business Journal Women in Business Awards Program. 450 men and women gathered to celebrate the success of 25 women who are leading the way in the Phoenix area. Held at the historic Biltmore Hotel, I …
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I continue to be amazed at how leaders can call a meeting without really thinking through the meeting objectives, outcomes, and agenda. Your meetings are costing the company real dollars – although those costs are sunk costs in the form of payroll.
Even those meetings that charge real dollars to …
You walk into the room and see a traditional seating set-up for your presentation. Theater-style with two columns of chairs, with a path down the middle. The overhead screen is at the front in the middle of the room. Looks pretty good, right?
While typical for …
