A 6,700 word speech? Seriously?

If my voice sounds muffled, it’s because I’m writing you from a tunnel. From the carpal tunnel. The carpal tunnel caused by American speeches, which are usually 2,000 words too …

Skip one for the Gipper

Football season is upon us, and basketball season is coming up. There's a bogus new study out, that pretends to quantify how coaches' motivational speeches work. Lucky for us, I had …

The Economic Collapse: Financial Reform

Address by HENRY M. PAULSON JR., U.S. Secretary of the Treasury; Delivered at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, California, November 20, 2008

The “H” word

Readers, do you ever worry that under the stress of deadlines and the confines of corporate culture, you’re becoming a h-, h-, h- well, you know what I mean.

Baby, it’s cold out there

Three readers weigh in on the job market for executive communicators—and give advice on how to deal with it.