presidential candidates

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

Leadership Development, PCM

Compassionate Accountability, Leadership, Leadership Communication, LOD, Providers, Team Leaders, Trainers

Although I have concerns about some of the candidates running for president, my gravest fear is around the polarized ideology, adversarial politics, and dysfunctional relationships everywhere you look. Drama abounds. How can we possibly tackle issues like world food supply, terrorism, or climate change when our politicians are more concerned with self-justification and gamesmanship? Here are my top five bits of advice for politicians, taken from the pages of Beyond Drama. Read More

Compassionate Accountability, Decision Makers, International Forum, Leadership, PCM, Speaking

Do you want a U.S. president who is internally or externally motivated? What can we expect from the top candidates? Read More

ComCorps, Compassionate Accountability, Decision Makers, Leadership, PCM, Speaking, Team Leaders, Trainers

Locus of goal motivation can’t predict the what a person’s goals are (you’ll have to listen to the candidates to find that out), but it can tell you a lot about how they will behave in the future. What are the bright, and dark sides of type of motivation? Read More

International Forum, Leadership, PCM, Speaking

In my previous two posts I described the four primary personality types characterizing the slate of 2016 presidential candidates, and used the Process Communication Model (PCM®) to analyze Sanders, Bush, Fiorina, Clinton, and a few others. In this post I’ll finish with my take on the rest of the slate. Read More