Good at what you do, but struggling with your communication skills? Igotchu! 😎
Nice one, Grandpa…
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Sometimes, there is just no substitute for putting in the work over a sustained period of time. Communicator of the Week Award goes to a my Dad, (Grandpa) who celebrated 50 years as a Chartered Accountant. ​ You can do good things or make a good speech every now and again and get plaudits and recognition for it. But perform with excellence over a lengthy period, and the legacy of consistency communicates a powerful message about qho you are. As Aristotle once said: ‘You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore is not an act, but a habit’. What is the habit that you are building? Kolarele p.s. when you are ready to build your habit as an outstanding communicator, DM me. |
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Good at what you do, but struggling with your communication skills? Igotchu! 😎
When your leadership and example matters, your mistakes can have greater consequences. Mis-Communicator of the Week Award goes to Reform UK (Kent County Council) for the debacle of their zoom council meeting, which was leaked to the papers this week. Reform have a credibility challenge. People are angry with the status quo and Reform have very effectively stepped into that gap with a message that panders to fears and promises change. But now they are in government in Kent County Council, they...
In his seminal work on the art of rhetoric, Aristotle identified that there were 3 cornerstones of persuasion: Logos (the use of logic), Pathos (the appeal to emotion), and Ethos (the credibility and character of the speaker). Communicator of the Week Award goes to US President Donald Trump for the considerable part he played to secure the tentative Gaza peace deal. You may (as many do) consider Donald Trump to be an unpredictable, unprincipled, uncouth autocrat, but where all the parties on...
Golf is hard at the best of times! But when you're playing in the biggest tournament in the world, against the best players in the world, with the pride of your country or continent on the line, golf requires Herculean levels of effort, focus and concentration. The job of fans is to support their own team and to give some stick to the opposition. But as with all communication, you have to match your tone to the moment. 'Go in the hole!' when one of your players has just hit - fine ✅ Shouting...