by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Aug 28, 2017
If you only had 24 hours to craft and deliver the pitch of your lifetime, what would you leave in and, more importantly, what would you leave out? To make the exercise even harder, you’ll have only 10 minutes to give the pitch. I met with a group of senior leaders at...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Aug 24, 2017
It’s never been easier to share your ideas on social media. Take a tip from Richard Branson on doing it authentically. Billionaire entrepreneur and business storyteller, Richard Branson, recently posted a short video of himself on his Instagram profile that...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Aug 21, 2017
If two job candidates have equal qualifications, which person is more likely to get the job? According to a new survey of HR and recruiting professionals, 63 percent of recruiters say they’d give the job to the person who has better “oral communication skills.” iCIMS,...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Aug 15, 2017
The CEO of a large company lost the audience—his top salespeople—in the first two minutes of his presentation. I was there to witness it. Slides were out of place and financial data was wrong. “Sorry guys. I threw this together last night,” the CEO explained as he...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Aug 15, 2017
The annoying filler words used by entrepreneurs, job applicants, TV pundits–and maybe even yourself. As a communication coach, I know how important it is to eliminate filler words from our conversations. I also know that the advice is easy to dispense and hard...
