Motivating Government Employees

On May 22, I had the pleasure of delivering a four-hour seminar for 150 employees of Santa Clara County in Northern California (San Jose is the county’s largest city). The largely female audience wanted to be inspired and, in turn, learn to be inspiring...

5 Ways to Ruin Your Next Presentation

CIO.com Senior Editor, Tom Wailgum, interviewed Talking Leadership Editor Carmine Gallo who discussed the five sure-fire ways to blow your next presentation. CIO.com reaches IT professionals, managers and executives, many of whom are very interested in improving their...

Five Habits to Build Optimism

Lessons from Apple, Starbucks, & Michael J. Fox “What I’ve learned over time is that optimism is a very important part of leadership,” according to Walt Disney Company CEO, Robert Iger, in a recent New York Times interview. “People...

Swine Flu Spokesman: 4 Crisis Communications Tips

According to recent articles in The New York Times and The Washington Post, the government’s chief spokesperson on the swine flu outbreak is winning rave reviews for his television skills. As a crisis communications and media training specialist, I can tell that...