Donald Trump

Leadership, Leadership Development, PCM

Every personality type makes bad decisions in distress. Great leaders recognize when they are in distress and avoid making decisions until they are in a healthy space. Read More

Communication skills, Compassion, Emotional intelligence, Leadership Coaching, Leadership Communication, Leadership Development

In keeping with tradition, here are the most read posts from my blog in 2019. Read More

Compassionate Accountability, Decision Makers, Leadership, leadership advising, Leadership Coaching, Leadership Communication, Leadership Development

The best defense against manipulation is awareness. To help better understand how manipulation works, I've studied Donald Trump and identified six tactics. Here are the first three along with positive leadership lessons. Read More

Leadership, leadership advising, Leadership Coaching, Leadership Communication, Leadership Development, LOD, PCM

What is the difference between leadership and manipulation? This is the second part of a series using Donald Trump as the case study. Here are three of six the manipulation tactics, along with positive leadership lessons. Read More

Communication skills, Decision Makers, PCM

Everyone has borders that we try to protect. When we use smokescreens to cover up our real intentions, we sacrifce big for our wall. Read More

Communication skills, PCM, Speaking

Trump claims he's a genius, but speaks at a fourth-grade reading level. Fake news alert...Intellectual brilliance has little to no relationship with communication effectiveness. Not even education level. So what is the differentiator between smart people who can communicate, and smart people who can't? Read More