Category: Leadership

Securing Series B Funding for a Fast-Paced and Quickly Growing Startup: A Case Study

Greg Owen-Boger
September 18, 2023 0 Comments
Image of woman working on leadership case study with multiple people looking at her

When people participate in Turpin workshops, individual members and teams enjoy a host of secondary benefits beyond greater comfort with their own communication skills. Managers and leaders are often pleasantly surprised by how team meetings become more efficient, leadership skills start to emerge, relationships blossom, and so on. We often hear that teams “Turpinize” their...

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Leadership Development Through Communication Training for Emerging Leaders

Greg Owen-Boger
August 14, 2023 0 Comments
Leadership development

When people participate in Turpin workshops, individual members and teams enjoy a host of secondary benefits beyond greater comfort with their own communication skills. Managers and leaders are often pleasantly surprised by how team meetings become more efficient, leadership skills start to emerge, relationships blossom, and so on. We often hear that teams “Turpinize” their...

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When Sales Leaders Need to Demonstrate “Cause in the Matter”

Greg Owen-Boger
July 18, 2023 0 Comments
Women sitting in front of monitors during virtual meeting in this Case Study

When people participate in Turpin workshops, individual members and teams enjoy a host of secondary benefits beyond greater comfort with their own communication skills. Managers and leaders are often pleasantly surprised by how team meetings become more efficient, leadership skills start to emerge, relationships blossom, and so on. We often hear that teams “Turpinize” their...

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Is Nervousness Limiting Your Career?

Greg Owen-Boger
April 17, 2023 0 Comments
Managing presentation nervousness

For some business presenters, nervousness is a temporary condition. When they’ve moved past the first few minutes, their nerves seem to float away. For other presenters, nervousness is long-lasting and debilitating. It never goes away, even when the presentation is going well. We’ve heard this described as having an out-of-body experience or experiencing an eleven...

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Virtual Meetings: What We’ve Learned About the Human Side of Communication

Greg Owen-Boger
February 7, 2023 0 Comments
virtual meetings

We’ve all been meeting virtually for a long time now, and there is no shortage of articles, videos, webinars, and books on how to do it “right.” Most of those resources focus on the technical stuff. This article will focus on the human side of the equation and what we’ve learned while providing virtual presentation...

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Team Collaboration in the Workplace Pt. 2

Dale Ludwig
February 7, 2023 0 Comments
team collaboration during a business meeting

Inclusiveness and Interactivity  The first article in this two-part series focused on the planning required for successful team collaboration. It focused on framing meetings to feel relevant, focused, and efficient for participants.  This article will look at what meeting facilitators can do to encourage collaboration during the meeting. Successful collaboration serves both the team involved...

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Emotional Intelligence (EQ): The Foundation of Great Leadership

Dale Ludwig
November 22, 2022 0 Comments
A young woman uses emotional intelligence during a staff meeting

If you’re a leader or an aspiring leader, emotional intelligence (EQ) is essential for your success. It helps you build relationships and communicate more effectively with the people you work with. In many ways, your reputation as a leader is built and maintained through meetings. Meetings may be, after all, the only time some people...

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Is Your L&D’s Reputation as Good as You Need it to Be?

Dale Ludwig
July 28, 2022 0 Comments
L&D reputation

One of our clients, who is a senior leader in L&D, said to us recently after having had a difficult conversation with a regional manager about a botched training session, “If she can deliver training better than my staff can, then she should. If we aren’t exceptional in the classroom, we should look for different...

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Three Reasons You May Need an Executive Presentation Coach

Dale Ludwig
June 13, 2022 0 Comments
executive presentation coach

Most “business-y” jobs, whether for-profit or non-profit, involve business presentations. From the bottom of the org chart to somewhere in the middle, most people’s presentations are to their internal teams, customers, or occasionally, to leadership. But what about once you move beyond that middle layer? What about when you are leadership? Leadership communication has different...

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