by Franklin Wordsmith | Sep 28, 2021 | Leadership, Neuroscience
Why This Leads Us to Make Bad—or No—Decisions You walk into a restaurant, looking forward to a good meal. Your server hands you a menu the size of the Bible. You stare at pages of options, and your eyes glaze over. There’s too much information, and you’re having...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Jul 28, 2020 | Leadership, Video
Here Are Their Top Three Strategies I began the year with a goal: interview between 50 and 100 leaders — from musicians to Instagram influencers to CEOs to social workers — and ask this deceptively simple question: What is your secret to building rapport...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Jun 25, 2019 | Leadership
Last weekend I returned to St. Catherine University for my class reunion. I was thrilled to see Julie Beckel Nelson, assistant professor of business administration, giving a talk on influence.It definitely was a case of “if I’d only known then what I know now.” Plus...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Dec 5, 2018 | Leadership
There are two types of listening.The first is the most common: listening to respond. You know this. You can see the person you’re speaking with is just waiting for you to take a breath, so she can tell you something. (Often a story that one-ups yours.)The second is...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Jun 13, 2018 | Storytelling
Too often we tell stories so people laugh with us. Like us. Commiserate with us. Dislike people we dislike.Even when you’re above all this, you can still shoot yourself in the foot without even knowing it.Here’s to raising our awareness of a...
