by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jan 26, 2018
Steve Jobs was a master showman. In my opinion, Jobs was the best business storyteller of our time. Every product launch was brilliantly performed. Every move, demo, image and slide was in sync and beautifully choreographed. If I sound like I’m describing a...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jan 26, 2018
In October, 2001, small teams of American soldiers on horseback defeated thousands of Taliban fighters because the soldiers were trained in one critical leadership skill: Persuasion. In a scene from the movie 12 Strong, an Afghan general who linked up with a Special...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jan 24, 2018
Alabama football coach Nick Saban gave himself and his Crimson Tide team a well-deserved break after winning the 2018 college playoff national championship in an overtime victory over Georgia. He gave them all of 24 hours. “In 24 hours you probably need to move...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jan 22, 2018
A comedian was being courted by both Netflix and HBO. According to this article in The Wall Street Journal, HBO president of programming, Casey Bloys, used a metaphor. Bloys’ pitch to comedian Jerrod Carmichael went like this: “If you have 50 kids, you’re not going to...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jan 22, 2018
You don’t have wait for success to leave clues. Billionaires like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are showing us the way: Successful leaders look at the world differently. They choose to view events through a particular lens. In one word: optimism. For the first...
