Heather spoke on the 3 c’s to commitment Connection – must have a web presence – freetoasthost is a must do – only have a Facebook page if you’ll use it regularly Community – work with others to create an event – promise to think of at least two events this year, and act on [...]
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Where Leaders are Made – District 16 Conference session
George Yen, our International President-Elect, held an educational session titled Where Leaders are Made George talked about the “Be…Do…Have” triangle – referring to who you are, what you know and what you do. Leadership is like fatherhood. There are a lot of books, but experience is the best teacher. 3 essences of leadership success Being [...]
READ MORE »What makes a club stand out – District 16 Conference session
Matt Branstetter’s session – Want makes clubs stand out above the others Matt asked, “Raise your hand if you’re a member of the best Toastmasters club in Oklahoma” – about 75% of the hands went up “Statistically, some of you are wrong” 7 critical roles every club meeting needs to be successful – speaker(s) – [...]
READ MORE »Leading by rolling up your sleeves
Are you a leader that will roll up your sleeves, get in there and make things happen? More importantly, do you know when to not get in there and muck about? I had an instructor once who spoke about the difference between delegation and abdication. She really helped me understand the difference between rolling up [...]
READ MORE »Willie Jolley in Nevada, MO
I had the good fortune to be passing through a town called Nevada Missouri last week. Nevada has a population of about 9,000, and this evening in late April they were +1, thanks to Willie Jolley. About 200-300 people filled a local church to here Willie speak on attitude. Specifically, Willie talked about the need [...]
READ MORE »Where Leaders Get Stuck
Ever felt stuck in your development as a leader? Have you ever noticed how the best leaders – you know, the ones you really respect – tend to also be great communicators? Would you like get unstuck? If so, read ahead to learn the correlation, and learn how you can make one change and see [...]
READ MORE »The value of appreciation
Last week I had the opportunity to hear author Paul White, coauthor of the book The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace with Gary Chapman. His presentation was titled, The True Value of Diamonds. He started by discussing the value of diamonds. Looking beyond the shiny and pretty, you’ll find Diamonds are used extensively in [...]
READ MORE »How Can I Help?
I’m reading Great on the Job, by Jodi Glickman. Early in the book, the author asserts that asking “How can I help?” may cause more problems than it solves. How can that be? I was wondering that too, at first. It’s simple if you think about it. Lets say you have a group of tasks [...]
READ MORE »Edge Summit – Sunday 21 Aug
Have you ever taken in more information that you can process? Some of the notes below may be familiar to you if you’ve read my blog before, or if you’ve studied with the Toastmasters World Champions of Public Speaking. There are some new thoughts, some mindset changes, and some of the best advice you’ll ever [...]
READ MORE »LinkedIn: Where Leaders Communicate
Editors Note: This post is an opinion piece on Toastmasters new branding initiative. If I asked you wether you not you had already read the information on TI’s website about the rebranding, including how the tagline, Where Leaders Are Made, comes from I imagine I would see very few hands come up. I’ve heard and [...]
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