“Once in a lifetime” read the headline of the Evansville Courier. In the newspaper, on billboards, and on the nightly news, you could not escape knowing that on the afternoon on April 8th the city will experience a total solar eclipse. It is expected to be a big deal for our community. Community leaders hope …
Author Archives: Tammy Pickering
Use your DISC style to reach 2022 goals
If you’re someone who likes to start the new year with resolutions, you are in good company. According to a 2019 Inc.com article, roughly 60 percent of us make New Year’s resolutions. Unfortunately, the percent of people who achieve their resolutions is less than 10 percent. Whether or not you are a person who starts …
Thankful for their service
I would hear the phrase “Thank you for your service” and not think much about it. That all changed in May 2014 when I witnessed the landing of an Honor flight. From that day on, the words took on an added importance. I was in Reagan International Airport waiting to fly home after a trade …
Bookshelf Surfing – A Remote Work Benefit
One of the benefits of remote work is the chance to see people in their homes. We don’t often get to see co-workers in spaces of their own choosing as part of our work lives. Sure, maybe we’ve been in work environments where it’s okay to have some personal design choices. But those are usually …
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They have to know you care
Critical conversations are where author Olivia Fox Cabane’s charisma tips are especially needed. Think about the last tough conversations you had – what went well, what didn’t. If you think of what didn’t go well, it’s most likely in the way the person received the information. Perhaps they were caught off-guard or they felt singled …
Improve Your Public Speaking Presence
Olivia Fox Cabane’s information on improving your public speaking abilities is among the best tips and techniques in her book, The Charisma Myth. I found myself noting line after line and will encourage clients to add it to their reading list. Cabane emphasizes how much preparation it takes to give a great speech. This isn’t …
Better Business Writing Tips
Little did I realize when putting together my 2020 reading list that I would have so much more time to devote to reading. But surprisingly or maybe not so much so, I haven’t done much more reading than I did before the COVID-19 crisis. One book on my list was The Charisma Myth by Olivia …
Don’t forget the name tags
An article in January 2018 Delta SkyMiles magazine shares how Greta Gerwig, director of the hit movie Lady Bird, uses name tags to build a sense of belonging with everyone on the set. Name tags are something I use in training and facilitating even when the people in the group work together and should know …
“Not every reader is a leader, but every leader must be a reader.”
This quote by President Harry S. Truman should be in every leadership program’s orientation. Leaders face challenges and must be quick to respond. They must remain curious and not assume they have all the answers or that their perspective is the only way to view a situation. By continually reading, they continue to learn and …
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2020 Resolutions
For as many years as I can remember my New Year’s Resolutions have been goal statements — as in a certain amount of money I wanted to save, or income I wanted to earn, or weight I wanted to lose. But as the days turned into weeks and the weeks turned into months, the things …