by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jun 3, 2019
Brooks Koepka dominates professional golf at the moment. On May 19, he won the PGA Championship, his fourth major win in the last 23 months. He has started eight major tournaments and has won 50 percent of them. Dominance might be an understatement. Commentators who...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jun 3, 2019
Apple CEO Tim Cook has a reputation for being an operations genius. He has a reputation for keeping an almost super-human work schedule. But comparisons to his former boss, Steve Jobs, have kept him from earning a reputation as a great public speaker. That’s...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | May 28, 2019
Jeff Bezos dislikes PowerPoint. For executive meetings, Bezos prefers six-page “narratively-structured memos” with stories and sentences. In other words, no bullet points. How, then, would the Amazon founder deliver a presentation about his latest big...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | May 24, 2019
At the 2019 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting, Warren Buffett and his investing partner, Charlie Munger, spent hours answering questions that would have tested anyone’s mental energy. The fact that Buffett is 88 years old and Munger is 95 made the event...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | May 14, 2019
Watching IPO road shows is an excellent way to improve your presentations because every word, story, and slide is crafted for maximum impact. If you’re building a business presentation for investors or customers, Uber’s IPO pitch is one worth studying in...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | May 13, 2019
In Nine Lies About Work, Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall examine the myths that surround leadership in today’s workplace. I spoke to both authors– Buckingham is a New York Times bestselling author who founded the ‘strengths revolution’...
