“How’s everything?” What kind of question is that? Well, it’s the kind of question I bet you get asked very often. It certainly is for me. The quandary is how to answer it. Do the people who ask really want to know or does the nature of that question simply beg a one-word answer that …
It’s not what you say; it’s what you don’t say that counts. As a speech-coach for a wide variety of C-level executives, I am quick to teach them just that among my 10 Tips of Effective Speaking. I’ve found that most speakers…well, most people—whether in meetings or on the big stage—are less than comfortable with …
That one house on your street…you know the one. It’s overgrown with dry weeds, its paint is chipping and the roof is missing a tile or 20. It brings down the value of every house on the block…including yours. I was walking past that house in my neighborhood the other day. I noticed right away …
