by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Nov 22, 2017
An admissions officer told Scott Kelly he wouldn’t succeed. Here’s how Kelly fought back. “I was a terrible student, always staring out windows or looking at the clock, waiting for the class to be over,” astronaut Scott Kelley recalls in his...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Nov 10, 2017
New scientific studies show that pep talks work. From the baseball field to the workplace, great leaders energize teams with their words. The Houston Astros provide the latest example. On November 1st, the Astros beat the Dodgers in game 7 to win the 2017 World...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Nov 9, 2017
Recently, I was seated in a room at a U.S. Air Force base as a class of the best and brightest were listening to an instructor. He was making a provocative argument about a foreign adversary. When he concluded his presentation, the instructor didn’t ask for questions....
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Nov 7, 2017
Thanks to advanced brain scanning techniques, we’ve learned more about persuasion than we’ve ever known. Although I’ve studied persuasion for 25 years, the last ten years has seen an explosion in research, thanks to advanced brain scanning...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Nov 3, 2017
A company that combines passion and purpose gets noticed and gets results. In his new book, Hit RefreshHit Refresh Book, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says his highest priority is renewing the company culture with “a growing sense of empathy.” The word...
