Based on interviews with 100 executives and leaders at dozens of successful companies around the world as they learned their most important leadership lessons - sometimes the hard way. Featuring stories from executives at Proctor & Gamble, Dollar General, Hewlett Packard, Kellogg's, Dun & Bradstreet…
Paul Smith: bestselling author, trainer, and keynote speaker on leadership, storytelling, parenting, and character development.
Tools for influencing up, down, and across the organization from Scott Mautz, author of Leading from the Middle The post 10 Tips to Succeed in Middle Management appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
Coaching experts Phil Renshaw and Jenny Robinson join me to share 3 tools to help develop better self-awareness in you and your people The post 3 Simple Tools for the Self-Aware Leader appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
"Where are you going to sleep tonight?" Those words began Emily Chang's 25-year journey of generosity, offering a spare room to people when they needed it the most. The post The Spare Room appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
Communications expert Gary Ross joins me this week to explain the difference between transparency and clarity and why one is critical for good leadership and the other is not. The post Transparency vs. Clarity: One is Necessary for Good Leadership, One is Not appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
How Michael Brody-Waite went from a drug addict on the street to CEO and what you can learn about leadership from his journey. The post What Drug Addiction Taught Me About Being a Better Leader appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
Humor Engineer, Drew Tarvin, starts new podcast with former Procter & Gamble executives called Learning from Leaders, open to public. The post Learning from Leaders appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
“Hey Paul, I’m thinking about writing a book. Can we talk? I’d love to get some advice.” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten that email since my first book came out eight years ago. I usually end up spending an hour explaining everything I’ve learned about the subject. And I’m always happy to do so. The post The 10-hour Plan to Publish a Bestseller appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
Jason Hartman has been earned a small fortune in real estate across 11 states and 17 cities. His office boasts pictures of him with Richard Branson, Jerry Seinfeld, Steve Forbes, Tony Robbins, and Brittany Spears, among others. But he didn’t start his most profitable business until he sold his real estate company and created a … The post From Frustration to Founder: Building a Business That Should Have Been There Already appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
IMAGINE CONDUCTING this experiment. Put five monkeys in a cage with a bunch of bananas hanging from the ceiling. Underneath the bananas, place a ladder just tall enough to reach them. The post Monkeying around with corporate policy 2 appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
IMAGINE CONDUCTING this experiment. Put five monkeys in a cage with a bunch of bananas hanging from the ceiling. Underneath the bananas, place a ladder just tall enough to reach them. The post Monkeying around with corporate policy 2 appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
Confession: I was a little disappointed when I started reading this book and realized it was fiction. I thought I was reading a serious, non-fiction business book. But then I couldn’t put it down. And by the time I was done, it was my favorite business book I’ve read in the last year. That was … The post 9 Mistakes That Can Ruin Your Future appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
It wasn't until Bobby Herrera was eighteen, in the Army and three weeks into boot camp, polishing his boots by flashlight at 11:30 p.m., that he began to re-evaluate the value of struggle in making him the leader he is today as the CEO of the Populus Group, one of the fastest-growing HR service companies in the U.S. The post A Leader’s Greatest Gift: Struggle appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
It wasn't until Bobby Herrera was eighteen, in the Army and three weeks into boot camp, polishing his boots by flashlight at 11:30 p.m., that he began to re-evaluate the value of struggle in making him the leader he is today as the CEO of the Populus Group, one of the fastest-growing HR service companies in the U.S. The post A Leader’s Greatest Gift: Struggle appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
John Mattone is one of the world’s top executive coaches, along side other legendary names like Tony Robbins, or Marshall Goldsmith, or John Maxwell. He's coached some of the most admired CEOs in the world including Steve Jobs and former Pepsi CEO Roger Enrico. He's the author of nine books The post What I Learned From Being Steve Jobs’ Executive Coach appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
John Mattone is one of the world’s top executive coaches, along side other legendary names like Tony Robbins, or Marshall Goldsmith, or John Maxwell. He's coached some of the most admired CEOs in the world including Steve Jobs and former Pepsi CEO Roger Enrico. He's the author of nine books The post What I Learned From Being Steve Jobs’ Executive Coach appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
"People get more done when they enjoy their work. So, humor in the workplace isn't about making work funny, or being the funniest person in the office. It's about making work fun, and getting better results." The post Humor at Work: What Works, What Doesn’t, and What Will Get You Fired appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
"People get more done when they enjoy their work. So, humor in the workplace isn't about making work funny, or being the funniest person in the office. It's about making work fun, and getting better results." The post Humor at Work: What Works, What Doesn’t, and What Will Get You Fired appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
Most company founding stories are boring. And that’s a shame. Because nobody ever quit their job and risked everything to start a new business for a boring reason. But if you read the company website The post How NOT to Tell Your Company’s Founding Story appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
Most company founding stories are boring. And that’s a shame. Because nobody ever quit their job and risked everything to start a new business for a boring reason. But if you read the company website The post How NOT to Tell Your Company’s Founding Story appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
I got a surprising email in April of last year. It was from a woman named Meg Gibbons at a publishing company called Sourcebooks. The post Behind the Pages of The 10 Stories Great Leaders Tell appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
Joshua Spodek has five Ivy League degrees, including a Ph.D. in physics and an MBA from Columbia, is a bestselling author, and a professor at NYU. The post Lessons from Getting Locked Out of Your Own Company appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
When you're trying to help your employees be more innovative, getting them to leave their office and do their work somewhere else might not be the first idea that comes to mind. The post 4 Ways to Work Remotely Without Working from Home appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
I’ve interviewed a number of people who’ve run multi-billion dollar companies. But this might be the first time I’ve interviewed someone who’s LOST a multi-billion dollar business. At the age of 26, and fresh out of Harvard Business School, Warwick Fairfax made a successful play to privatize one of the largest public media conglomerates in … The post Lessons from Losing a $2.25 Billion Company appeared first on Paul Smith | Business Storytelling Coach.
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