Want to feel old? Sixteen years ago, in 1993, The Late Show with David
Letterman premiered on CBS. Where has the time gone?
Letterman, for most people, is synonymous with his 'Top Ten List.' It's such
a part of our culture that The Top Ten List even has its own Wikipedia entry.
Fun trivia, you're thinking, but how does this relate to executives?
Executives and lists have a long history together. Business leaders love to
make lists, they hand out lists, they read lists. Lists are popular with
everybody. You can't pick up a leading newspaper without finding a list of
something. Everybody does lists: Business Week, Newsweek and dozens of other
business journals, and Forbes has lists that go far beyond the top ten. They
trump everybody with their list of the Top 100.
So, in hon... (more)
What if "The Cloud" visited a psychiatrist? Does Cloud and Cloud Computing
need therapy? Are they suffering from split personality disorder? With so
many people giving different definitions of what Cloud Computing is, no
wonder The Cloud has an identity crisis. Be a fly on the wall and listen in
to the Cloud's therapy session.
Scene: Office of Dr. Virgil I. Zation, a noted Silicon Valley ... (more)
The newest target population is IT presenters, and the geographic scope of
this nascent disease is now global. Rapid onslaught of symptoms include the
inability to focus and then agitation. Physical symptoms are fidgeting, then
heavy sighing, culminating in the urge to scream. The final symptom is
Cerebral Mortis: the brain just shuts down.
The original or parent disease is DBP: Death by ... (more)
So who are the best CEOs of the century?
More importantly, what are the traits a business leader needs to cultivate if
she or he wants immortality?
Portfolio.com, in a recent April article, created a list of the Best and
Worst CEOS, ranking this century's top leaders. A board of academics helped
the Conde Nast publication put the list together, and discussed not only the
highest and lowest... (more)
The government is going to pay you to get rid of outdated cars and trade-up
to a more efficient vehicle. Sweet.
What if you applied that same reasoning to your presentations?
What communication clunkers would you get rid of? What are some of the
outdated and ineffective words or phrases you use? Trade them in for more
efficient patterns or eliminate them all together.
If you want to keep you... (more)
Loraine Antrim is co-founder of Core Ideas Communication, a communications consulting agency focused on presentation development and media training for C-suite executives. Core Ideas enables executives to package and communicate relevant and compelling messages in their presentations and interviews. Loraine's expertise is killing butterflies. You know, butterflies: the feeling in your stomach before you have to present or speak in public. Loraine works with executives to create a powerful story, memorable messages and an authentic delivery style. Confidence kicks in, and butterflies scatter. Nice work killing butterflies! You can contact Loraine at: lantrim@coreideas.com
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