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2 Options to Influence Your Audience

August 30, 2022 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

Answering the front door one day, my immediate thought was, “What is he going to try to sell me today?” The salesman used his influence as he held out a small plastic vial and said, “I will only ask for two minutes and two ounces… of your tap water, please.” Well, he was courteous and …

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Category: Influence, iSpeak, Leadership, StorytellingTag: change, influence, leadership, management, storytelling

3 Ingredients to Communicate Change

May 16, 2022 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

We All Handle Change Differently Some of us deal with change better than others, but the key to remember is that change doesn’t just happen. We all deal with it. As the leader, you need a simple method for helping your team deal with changes they need to address. What you say to them will …

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Category: Communication, Influence, iSpeak, Leadership, MessagingTag: change, communicating change, communication, influence, John C. Maxwell, Kurt Lewin, leadership, leading change, messaging

4 Messaging Approaches for Data Analysts

April 4, 2022 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

“Why are my leaders always questioning my data results?” This was the question from my data analytics student and he was frustrated. So, I asked him, “What do you mean? Can you give me an example?” “Sure. Every time I give them the test results and I tell them what the results mean, they start …

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Category: Communication, Influence, Inform, Interpret, iSpeak, Leadership, Messaging, PresentationsTag: analytics, data analytics, data presentations, data science, descriptive analytics, diagnostic analytics, iSpeak, leadership, predictive analytics, prescriptive analytics

Want to be More Creative? Try this…

at the whiteboard

June 23, 2019 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

I was holding the marker, standing at the whiteboard and waiting for someone to give me an idea to write down… but they didn’t. They were tapped out. My students had just come up with about 20 ideas and were fresh out of material at this point. Have you been there? When you’re at this …

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Category: LeadershipTag: brainstorming, creativity, innovation, iSpeak, leadership, leadership blog, leadership communication, Russ Peterson Jr., Todd Zwissler

Three Tools to Make Better Decisions

May 19, 2019 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

We make decisions all day long. Some are simple (froot loops or cheerios?) while others can be quite complex (quit my job or stay?) Some internet sources say it could be as many as 35,000 per day, which obviously includes all the simple decisions. How can we get better at making the tough decisions without …

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Category: LeadershipTag: cognitive tools, decision making, decisions, iSpeak, leadership, leadership blog, Russ Peterson Jr., thinking

How to use the David-and-Goliath Story Template

David and Goliath

April 14, 2019 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

Whether you’re Jewish, Christian or neither, you’ve probably heard the Biblical story of the shepherd boy destined to become a king. David was the shepherd boy who courageously accepted the fight-to-the-death challenge from the Philistine warrior Goliath, a man twice his size. It’s a classic tale of the underdog facing the champion. If you’ve heard …

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Category: StorytellingTag: Corporate Ovations, corporate storytelling, David and Goliath, leadership, storytelling

How do you Influence Without Authority?

follow the leader

April 7, 2019 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

When I was young we used to find adventure on the new home sites at the end of our street. A big pile of dirt would quickly become a trophy centerpiece to do battle for the reigning title of “King of the Mountain.” If you’ve never played it before, every person tries their best to …

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Category: iSpeakTag: assertive, coaching, coaching services, commitment, communication, communication skills, compliance, Corporate Ovations, habits, influence, iSpeak, iSpeak Inc, John C. Maxwell, leaders, leadership, mentoring, passion, passionate, persuasion, power bases, presentations, public speaking, Russ Peterson Jr., vision

21 Inspiring Quotes for Leaders

April 22, 2018 //  by Russ Peterson Jr//  Leave a Comment

I’ve always loved the wisdom found in a short statement. In keynote speaker terms, we call these “sticky statements.” If you’re speaking to an audience and you make a statement that causes everyone to write it down, you just gave them a sticky statement. As we’ve brought the first quarter of 2018 to a close …

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Category: Leadership, quotesTag: 2018, change, communication, core values, Corporate Ovations, Helen Keller, influence, inspiration, iSpeak, iSpeak Inc, John C. Maxwell, John F. Kennedy, Kevin Karschnik, leadership, leadership blog, leading change, New Year's Resolution, persuasion, professional selling, public speaking, Ronald Reagan, Russ Peterson Jr., sales, Simon Sinek, values, vision, vision statement, why

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