How Do You Want to Be Remembered?
Jan 12, 2022
In our lives and the lives of our nation — the life of our nation, there are moments so stark that they divide all that came before from everything that …
With Modern Leadership Virtues, She Finds Fault
Aug 02, 2023
I read to my sister one of the opening graphs of my friend Lucinda Holdforth’s new book. “Yes, I suppose that Empathy, Humility and Vulnerability are nice. They are seemingly …
Sometimes There Are No Bruises
Oct 09, 2019
So what is domestic violence or abuse, and where do we get our ideas about it from? Often we see the same images and stereotypes on TV: housing estates, working-class …
“This is no way to run the greatest country on earth”
Jun 30, 2011
President Obama’s televised appeal for compromise on raising the debt ceiling.
COMMUNICATION SECRETS FROM THE CORNER OFFICE
Mar 06, 2013
“A strategic communicator,” an executive tells an audience of communication professionals, “is always positively subversive and provocative.”
America Chooses Independence Over Global Government
Sep 26, 2018
One year ago I stood before you for the first time in this grand hall, I addressed the threats facing our world, and presented some options to reach a better …
Toward an Open Global Economy
Nov 07, 2018
Your Excellencies Heads of State and Government, Your Royal Highness, Your Excellencies Heads of International Organizations, Your Excellencies Heads of Delegations, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends, In May 2017, …
Your Audience Is Bored Already
Apr 08, 2020
It was a relatively good week for speeches and speechwriters! On Sunday, Queen Elizabeth gave a widely appreciated televised speech calling on British citizens to show “the quiet, good-humored resolve” they’ve been …
Sarah Palin’s Keynote Speech at the National Tea Party Convention
Feb 08, 2010
Address by Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska. Delivered at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, February 6, 2010.
Authentically simple-minded
Dec 09, 2015
And here comes a prominent business professor who actually thinks authenticity is bullshit. "Leaders don’t need to be true to themselves; in fact, being authentic is the opposite of what …