Philadelphia Business Journal

I received a LinkedIn introduction from the president of a presentation coaching firm whom I’ve never met. He wanted to know if I had any important talks coming up that I wanted him to help me with. After all he shared, he’s spent 29 years working with leaders at major worldwide companies and his specialty is helping professionals like me become better presenters. He said he’s written a lot of articles that would help me better connect with my audience.

It sounded familiar. Oh wait, that’s exactly what our firm does! [Read more…] about Practice makes perfect for the best ‘natural’ communicators

I fly a lot. On US Airways, that means I’m considered preferred which doesn’t get me much other than being called to board the plane before most passengers. However, there are many who have more status than me so they can board before me. There are chairman’s preferred and platinum preferred who are clearly preferred over me. Airline marshals and members of the military rightfully board early. So do the people who work on the plane.

Then there are people with legitimate disabilities and those who need assistance. They board before me too as they should. But there is an entirely new group of people who have started to board early. These are the people who claim to need assistance. Recently, I have observed more and more people standing in this line. Sometimes the line is 15 to 20 people deep. Only by my observation, most are walking and in some cases, running to get in line. No canes. No wheelchairs. No aides or helpers. No visible signs of needing assistance. [Read more…] about Boarding planes: A theater of the absurd version of me-first Americans