Leadership: Augghhhhh!

This one was bad.

But it had the promise of being good, which is why I felt so disappointed.

I'm writing about a presentation that I attended recently.

The presentation was delivered by an excellent speaker who had impressive credentials. The title was intriguing. The slides were well done. The stories were memorable.

All totaled, it was a wonderful collection of definitions, vocabulary, and facts.

Only one thing was missing.

Wisdom.

You see, an effective presentation causes a change.

That is, an effective presentation moves people to make decisions, take actions, or do something. In order to accomplish this, the speaker must talk about what to do and how to do it.

But this presentation was just words. The speaker could have recited numbers from a phone book.

Nevertheless, I took eight pages of notes.

About 20% consisted of facts, which I have already discarded. The rest consisted of ideas for articles and other things that came to mind while I was avoiding boredom.

So maybe this presentation really wasn't that bad. Because I am taking action as a result of it. For example, I just wrote this article.

Key Point: People want wisdom. They already know the rest.

Much success,

Steve Kaye

714-528-1300

PS: My workshop shows people how to give effective presentations that cause change.

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