Author: Andy Eklund

Reframing is a creative technique used to shift an initial or existing mindset to be able to look at a situation, problem or idea from a different perspective. If that definition

When presenting using PowerPoint, I’m a big believer in looking like you’re in control of the technology instead of it controlling you. No matter the keyboard (since they’re always different,

Of all the aspects you bring as a speaker – informally at a status meeting, formally as a conference presenter – one attribute always comes out ahead, even though it

Perhaps this sounds obvious, but Good Leadership is Good Communications, and vice versa. This came to mind – yet again – as I’m teaching at a client’s business school campus in

When you read a typical list of the characteristics of a creative person, you sometimes have to wonder if it’s a complement. Some of them are attributes I admire now

I’ve long believed that . I also believe there are important phrases every leader needs to know, and they find the right situation and time to ensure their audiences hear

This article begins a three-part series on the basics of brainstorming, organised by what to do … Before the Brainstorm (click here) During the Brainstorm (click here) After the Brainstorm While these

This list originally came from a colleague who won 99% of her new business presentations. When I asked why she was so successful, she said there were always three questions

This article on Compromising is one in a series of five about managing conflict and negotiation using the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument. The introduction to the five-part series begins here. Links