Before you say no: leadership trumps functional expertise to deliver change

To lead at the top, key executives must have vision, both in terms of creating strategy and communicating it in a way that aligns their teams.

The thank-you trap: the business cost of being too deferential

Being too deferential can hurt your business impact in so many ways. When you’re selling ideas internally or externally, you may not only lose the deal—you may lose future opportunities to have a seat at the table because you aren’t seen as a peer and a partner.

How to make a big impact at your next quarterly meeting

The answer to the question when is: it’s an ongoing process. And you need to start in advance, to give yourself time to analyze and put things into perspective.

How to dazzle any audience with an entertaining introduction

At some point in our career, most of us will be asked to introduce a speaker, often at a major event where our clients, customers, prospects and other influential people will be.

Jessica Skon Wins Bronze Stevie® Award for Woman of the Year in 2017 International Business Awards

Jessica Skon, CEO, has been named the winner of a Bronze Stevie® Award in the Woman of the Year category.

Overcoming triangulation: How to stop that toxic backchanneling

BTS expert Michael Seitchik provides practical tips on how to avoid the cycle of triangulation at work.

C-Suite communication: what your CEO respects and wants

Whether it’s a quality like resonance, vision, or composure, we’re able to better understand what it takes to be seen as a credible communicator to senior leaders who can inspire an audience to commit, to engage, and to act.

Head, heart, and hands: a model for thoughtful leadership

It may take some practice, but leaders who can slow down to pay careful attention to their direct reports in this way will develop teams who have their heads in the game, hearts on the line, and hands at work to build a better organization.

Five keys to crafting a vision statement that actually matters

What’s a mission statement? We believe it should answer a simple question: why are we here?

Executive presence: what’s your “talk track”?

Elizabeth Freedman writes about how to make sure your talk track (words and phrases that you use all the time) adds to your executive presence.