by Alan | Jan 28, 2006 | Communication skills, Flying, Leadership
Went flying this morning (gorgeous day for it — pressure of 30.50 is probably the highest I’ve ever flown in). Had an unprecedented delay out of my local Class C airport. There were 10 planes in queue just to taxi, several at the end of both runways, and...
by Alan | Jan 2, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Leadership
I don’t often run with the big dogs. Most often I don’t even qualify to shovel their… wood chips. And I figure most of the time there’s a reason the big dogs are in the front. So I was a bit surprised when I was directed to an archive of Bill...
by Alan | Dec 14, 2005 | Communication skills, Delivery, Leadership
At a company where an executive needed/wanted to get a message out. Because of the circumstances and the hesitation of the presenter to make it “his” show or just read a message, it was decided to make it an interview, and I found myself in the position of...
by Alan | Dec 9, 2005 | Communication skills, Delivery, Leadership
I’m not talking potty traing. Although I could.Working with an executive on a message to the troops. The topic is all the high-level things about strategy and planning and future and such– pesky details aren’t that important at a time like this. The...
by Alan | Nov 10, 2005 | Business, Communication skills, Flying, Leadership
In aviation, an instrument in the plane (the altimeter) measures the absolute pressure wherever the plane happens to be. But without a reference point — the sea level pressure — the instrument would report an arbitrary altitude. Without this, Air Traffic...
by Alan | Nov 4, 2005 | Business, Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!, Leadership, Parenting
Since I just blogged an example using F-words, I thought I better clarify — quickly — what I meant in my previous entry.I’m continuously amazed at the amount of foul language that emanates from keynote speakers, managers, public emails, CEOs, and...
