Business Improv Founder Bob Kulhan reveals how improv techniques can be applied to the workplace.

You'll Learn:

1. How improv’s “Yes, and…” philosophy can enrich many facets of work
2. Improv’s wisdom on conducting better meetings
3. How to reframe difficult conversations with “Yes, and…”

About Bob

Bob Kulhan is the Founder, President and CEO of Business Improv®, and a world-class leader in creating experiential training and development programs for corporations of all scopes and sizes. Based in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, Business Improv serves a large international roster of blue-chip firms such as Google, PepsiCo, A

Another story about Little Suzi. In this one, she gets a new cat. Sadly loses it a few days later, so the search begins to find the lost kitten.

R. Michael Anderson talks about identifying self-limiting beliefs and how to overcome them.

 

You'll Learn:

1. How anxiety offers helpful clues for your personal development
2. Best practices in overcoming limiting beliefs
3. A simple way to deal with stress

About Michael

Michael Anderson is founder of The Executive JOY Institute. He specializes in teaching organizations, leaders, and individuals how to become even more successful through psychology, emotional intelligence, and mindfulness.

His unique background of real-life exp

Chris McGoff discusses universal patterns in human behavior and offers his take on what integrity really means.

You'll Learn:

1. Approaches to building powerful alliances
2. What the word “integrity” truly means – and how to solidify it in your team
3. Fatal patterns to watch out for in the workplace

About Chris

Chris McGoff is the founder of The Clearing, Inc., where he guides organizations to tackle their most complex and high-stake problems. Using his book, "The PRIMES: How Any Group Can Solve Any Problem "(Wiley; 2012), McGoff gives leaders clarity to see the resources they already have available.

Andrew discusses how collecting letters and business cards from CEOs contributed to his quick rise to Executive Vice-President.

You'll Learn:

1. Key lessons repeated among 500 letters from CEOs
2. How to change “I don’t know” from a negative to a positive
3. Effective approaches for mentor relationship building

About Andrew
Andrew is a founding member of 2U and head of university partnership and corporate development. He is uniquely good at relationship management and has had the quirky hobby of writing letters to CEO's and collecting business cards since childhood. In fact, it was through that hobby that he got his first job at 2U - as an undergraduate college student. His personal motto is #Hustle. 

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Pat McDaniel shares some of his wisest insights about decision-making fallacies and victories.

You'll Learn:

1. A 5-step process to better decision making
2. Unexpected hidden influences that affect your decision making
3. How to maintain an openness to contrary information

About Pat
Pat McDaniel is the founder of WiseInsights.net a website dedicated to helping motivated but weary people keep moving forward by finding the smartest path toward their success.  Pat is passionate about sharing his story about how he kept hitting the wall, got mad, and was eventually ready to change how he made decisions, so that he could be on the right path. 
Pat has a highly diverse background. He has been a lo

Pete reflects on questions from two guests that have resonated with him throughout the year:

• What are you pretending not to know?
• Why are you not doing the things that you know you should be doing?
  (Jason Nazar of Comparably)
• What’s the one thing I can do, such that by doing it, everything will be easier or unnecessary?
  (Jay Papasan, The ONE Thing)

Wishing you all a productive 2017!

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It’s Christmas Eve and Bubu the small fox is excited about what gifts Santa might bring. Little does he know that he will soon be needed to help deliver Santa’s presents.

A short story suitable for toddlers and young children, aged 2-5

My uncle and first speaking mentor, Topper Steinman, shares his genius on how to enter into tricky conversational territory.

You'll Learn:

1. How to talk about just about anything, with anyone
2. Rules of engagement for effectively handling confrontation
3. Approaches for moving from ‘what’ and ‘so what’ to ‘now what’

About Topper
Topper Steinman is a counselor and consultant from Champaign, Il. with 40 years experience in teaching, counseling, and consulting.  As a workshop facilitator and speaker, his topics cover a wide variety of interest areas with efforts aimed at bridging the adult/youth gap while creating a healthy sense of self and others. He holds a

Michelle Tillis Lederman shares approaches to finding what’s likable in yourself to convey that to others.

You'll Learn:

1. How to form your self-perception to guide other’s perception of you
2. The power of opening yourself up to feedback
3. How to use curiosity for creating connections in conversation

About Michelle
Michelle Tillis Lederman is known for her energetic, engaging, and authentic presentations. An expert on workplace communications and relationships, Michelle’s mission is to help people communicate and lead with confidence, clarity, and connection. She is an accomplished speaker, trainer, coach, and author