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How to Select the Right Company for Your Organization’s Virtual Training
When selecting a company for your virtual training programs, focus on experience, expertise, engagement, equipment, entertainment value, and education.
8 Reasons Why Virtual Leadership Training Fails
With the work-from-home transformation taking root across the country, there is now much more focus on virtual leadership training.
9 Ways You Can Make Your Monday Morning Meetings More Meaningful
It's that dreaded time of the week when everyone shuffles into the room, half-asleep, and bracing for another long, tedious rundown of updates. The clock seems to tick slower, and the same old issues get rehashed without any real solutions.But what if those meetings could be different? What if,
A Leader’s Guide to Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
Are your best people walking out the door? Does your team seem disengaged and unmotivated? You might think the solution is more training or a new strategy, but the real key might be something you already have: the potential to develop emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence isn't merely a buzzword. It's
3 Activities Executives Can Practice To Get More Comfortable With Public Speaking
With public speaking, there's no magic shortcut—it's all about putting in the reps. Like any skill worth mastering, the key is consistent practice. But let's face it, not everyone hits the stage as often as a pro like Shawn Doyle. Fortunately, there are ways you can sharpen your skills solo.
3 Ways To Hook Your Audience, With Examples
In the age of TikTok and endless social media scrolling, our attention spans have taken a serious hit. With a continuous stream of immediately available bite-sized content, it's harder than ever to hold people's focus for more than a few seconds. And that's a big problem when you're trying to
5 Ways To Master Body Language Techniques for Public Speaking
Studies have shown that nonverbal communication can account for up to 93% of the total impact of your presentation. Your body language, including gestures, posture, facial expressions, and eye contact, play a crucial role in how effectively you communicate a message to your audience. When used effectively, body language can
The Power of Storytelling: Crafting Compelling Narratives for Your Presentations
People love stories. This is true no matter who you are. From the time we are young children, we love being told stories and hearing stories. But stories aren’t just entertaining. Telling a story is one of the best ways to get your point across. It’s also a great way
Five Tips to Help You Master Presentations and Public Speaking
Corporate and senior executive coaching not only can accelerate your career path, but also make the transition up the rungs of the corporate ladder a bit easier.
The Importance of Corporate and Senior Executive Coaching
Corporate and senior executive coaching not only can accelerate your career path, but also make the transition up the rungs of the corporate ladder a bit easier.
The Best Executive Leadership Development Training Programs
A guide to the best executive leadership development training programs, the business case for these programs, and what they include.
The Skinny on Business Leadership Development Coaching Programs
Looking for the skinny on business leadership development coaching programs? Here's the latest information you need to know.
5 Benefits of Executive Business Coaching and Mentoring Services
Executive business coaching and mentoring services have many benefits. We give you five that we think are most important.
6 Reasons Why You Should Work with an Executive Coach
There are multiple benefits to working with an executive coach. I give you six of the most important ones here.
The One Rule Amazing Leaders Follow When Hiring New People
Here is the one rule great leaders follow when hiring: They hire people smarter than them. Hiring people smarter than you is very smart.
How to Create a Motivational Environment as a Leader
It is up to the leader to positive work place. Here are some specific elements as a leader for helping to build, create, and maintain a motivational environment.
Increase Your Happiness by Managing Fear Now
There is a powerful, dark, and destructive unseen force holding people back every day: fear. It is and can be debilitating. Fear can also kill happiness.
True Leadership: Have a Mission and Vision Statement
One of the critical elements of successful leadership is having a mission and vision statement for the organization, the team, and even for individuals.
Want to be Happy? Be Happy by Rounding Up Your Resources
Happiness is not going to run up to you on the street and say, “I have been looking for you, here I am!” and give you a hug. You must seek it, work it, study it, and find it using resources.
How to Select the Right Company for Your Organization’s Virtual Training
When selecting a company for your virtual training programs, focus on experience, expertise, engagement, equipment, entertainment value, and education.
8 Reasons Why Virtual Leadership Training Fails
With the work-from-home transformation taking root across the country, there is now much more focus on virtual leadership training.
6 Mistakes Companies Make in Virtual Training
Many companies are making critical mistakes in the effectiveness of their virtual training programs. Here's how to make sure they don't happen to you.
Getting on My Last Nerve
We need to take some time to think through what we are doing and how we are doing it. Not at a shallow level, but at a more in-depth level. We need to really look at the nervous systems of our organizations, and well as the flowcharts for maintaining and operating a successful body.
Mastery in the Age of the Overnight Success
The only way to truly be successful is to seek mastery. The people that are masters in their field make the most money, are the most successful and have stability and longevity. As Alan Pease once said, “Brain surgeons earn 10 times that of a general practitioner. It pays to be an expert.”
Yes, There is a Leadership Revolution. This is its Manifesto
I want to see a brighter day when companies and organizations are led by leaders who are inspired, dedicated, and skillful in the way they lead their teams. Let’s tear down the old bronze monuments to arrogance, incompetence, and management by intimidation. Let the revolution begin.
The Best Executive Leadership Coaching Program in Baltimore
A guide to the best executive leadership coaching program in Baltimore, the business case for executive coaching, and what it includes.
The Best Executive Leadership Coaching Program in New York
A guide to the best executive leadership coaching program in New York, the business case for executive coaching, and what it includes.
The Best Executive Leadership Coaching Program in Washington, DC
A guide to the best executive leadership coaching program in Washington, DC, the business case for executive coaching, and what it includes.
The Best Executive Leadership Coaching Program in Pittsburgh
A guide to the best executive leadership coaching program in Pittsburgh, the business case for executive coaching, and what it includes.
The Best Executive Leadership Coaching Program in Richmond
A guide to the best executive leadership coaching program in Richmond, the business case for executive coaching, and what it includes.
The Best Executive Leadership Coaching Program in Philadelphia
A guide to the best executive leadership coaching program in Philadelphia, the business case for executive coaching, and what it includes.
What is My Purpose in Life?
Searching for and finding your purpose is hard work and is a process, not an overnight decision or a sudden revelation. Once you know your purpose, the workflows, the motivation rises and productivity reaches an all-time high.
From Startup to Sensation In 6 Steps
As a consultant, I have spent lots of time helping clients shape and build their company cultures. The culture your company creates affects everything that you do and how you do it. Here are six tips and ideas to help you build your organizational culture.
Your Biggest Hidden Asset as a Leader
Do you want to make sure that you’re ready for next year? Consider developing your single biggest and often most overlooked asset: the undeveloped talent of each team member.
What Leaders Lack
What do leaders say that other leaders in their organizations lack? And what do these same leaders think they lack themselves. Here are five areas that eaders cite most often.
What the BIG Bank Forgets (But Their Customers Never Will)
I was approached by my bank, who we’ll refer to as BIG Bank, ten months ago. Their pitch was, “Gee, we think you are a great customer, and we appreciate your business, so we would like to refinance your mortgage because the interest rate is a bit high.”
4 Takeaways from a Speaker’s Conference That Have Nothing to do With Speaking
Here are four key elements that, if built into the fabric of your culture, will create an organization that has energy, passion and will be a place where people feel welcome and valued.
2 Things People Don’t Think About at Thanksgiving
In just a few weeks, millions of people will be sitting down to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. And, like my fellow Americans, my mouth waters at the thought of turkey, and I savor a good slice of pumpkin pie. But here are two things that too many people don’t think about
To Stay Creative, Stay Connected
As a professional speaker and book author, I often teach programs and coach executives on how to be more creative and innovative. Everyone that I work with wants to know what the secrets are to be more creative. The reality is simple, it’s just about making small changes. The good
Can You Stay Forever Young?
I have a birthday coming up soon and I will be turning 57 years old. This is has led me to think more about what it means to age as a man and what it means to fight against the ravages of age. A few weeks ago I wrote an
Is Everything You Know About Productivity Wrong?
One of the biggest challenges of leading a company is managing the work of other people. In managing the work of other people, one of the hardest tasks is making sure that you maximize productivity with each employee. Here however, is the problem- everything you know about employee productivity is wrong. As a leadership
6 Secrets of Motivating Employees
What you don’t know can hurt your leadership I travel all over the country facilitating leadership programs for companies, and I have come to a conclusion: most managers do not have a clue about how to motivate employees. They ask me why employees aren't motivated, why they won't work harder and why they aren't
Getting Started
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaYII8yWgYk Speaker and coach Shawn Doyle traces the steps he took from an otherwise good sales job (“I liked it, but I didn’t love it”) to finding his passion as an executive coach, life coach and motivational speaker. Today, Shawn Doyle delivers over 100 talks each year in the
The Power of the Mentor
By Shawn Doyle I have been lucky enough to have several mentors in my life, and they have had an immeasurable impact on me. Let me repeat - they have had an impact on me that you cannot possibly imagine. Why is it important to have a mentor? I wrote
What Kind of Leader are You?
Are you a beacon...or a blowtorch? I want you to imagine that I go to your office when you are not there. When I am at your office I decide to survey the team that reports to you. The subject of the survey? Yes, we are doing a survey about
Get Motivated by Motivating Yourself
"People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents." - Andrew Carnegie
Finding Your Personal Motivation and Passion In Life
Passion pushes your pure profitability potential, your productivity potential, promotion potential, and professional potential!
How to Not be a Jerk
How To Not Be A Jerk? It is amazing that companies allow jerks to be in leadership positions. 6 Tips for making sure that, as a leader, you aren’t a jerk.
Learning How to be Confident
Do you want to be confident? Or, are you confident but want to be more confident? I'm going to tell you how you can be confident starting right NOW!
Find Your Motivation With These 7 Easy Tips
A thought diet is like a diet with food except I want you to control your mental food/input. So here are the key rules and components of your thought diet for the next 30 days.
Being Confident by Controlling Your Thoughts
What is the key to being confident? One way is to control how you think about yourself. I think your success in life is based on how you think about yourself on a daily basis.
Being Extraordinary to Build Self-Confidence
What are the keys to building confidence? The secret is to be extraordinary. In our business and personal lives we are all looking for the extraordinary.
Setting Leadership Goals and Objectives
Setting leadership goals and objectives is the key to success. My thoughts on why people and companies have none and 4 tips for what you can do starting today.
The Best Goal-Setting Activities Begin with Changing Your Thinking
In five years, you’ll be . . . well, you tell me! I can tell you from experience that people who practice long term thinking are not only remarkable, but remarkably successful.
Motivated by Resolution
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other." ~ A Lincoln
4 Business Lessons Learned from My Nervous System
Four mistakes that I made and the business mistakes I see many making every day along with the business lessons learned. Maybe it is time to check on the nervous system of your business and get a checkup.
Get Motivated by Letting Your Light Shine
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel
Get Motivated by Using the Power of Encouragement
Experiencing the power of encouragement from a card my wife gave me. Sometimes a simple act of encouragement can mean the most.
Get Motivated by Having Laser Focus
No matter what happens stay sharp and stay laser focused on YOUR plan. You are the architect of you own life. Eyes forward- GO!
Get Motivated by Knowing Your Passion Now!
What to be more Passionate? Check out this video clip by Shawn Doyle CSP. Shawn is an expert on the topic of everything motivation.
Get Motivated by Being Amazing
"Success is something you attract by the person you become." Jim Rohn
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