by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | May 14, 2018
I recently heard from the marketing director at a pre-IPO company. “The CEO can’t tell our company story,” she said. The CEO is visionary, passionate and competent, but he’s not skilled in the art of communication and public speaking....
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | May 11, 2018
Molecular biologist John Medina once told me, “The brain does not pay attention to boring things.” The statement profoundly shaped my approach to communication skills. My mission is to give readers the tools they need to keep their audience from getting...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | May 10, 2018
Steve Jobs once said, “Simple can be harder than complex.” It’s true, which is why it’s hard to express your ideas simply. Anyone can write long, confusing sentences. Anyone can speak in esoteric jargon. But simplicity is worth pursuing because...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | May 9, 2018
In his 2018 annual letter, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos repeated his rule that PowerPoint is banned in executive meetings. What Bezos replaces it with provides even more valuable insight for entrepreneurs and leaders. In his letter, and in a recent discussion at...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Apr 24, 2018
Few of us will ever face a public grilling the likes of which Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is dealing with on Capitol Hill, but how he prepared for the big event offers a lesson for anyone who wants to perform their best when the stakes are high. After day one of...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Apr 19, 2018
At the age of 47, golf pro Phil Mickelson is playing some of the best golf of his winning career. Entering the 2018 Masters at Augusta National, Mickelson is driving the ball 10 yards farther than he did five years ago, and longer than many of the younger stars of the...
