This is the first installment of the state of healthcare in the United States, which is a great time because with the primaries heating up, it's great to look at what our candidates are using as rhetoric for solving the health care ...READ»
Now that some of the 2008 presidential candidates are out of the gate, it's been fun to see who is being labeled with that mysterious quality, charisma. Of course, we can't seem to hear Barack Obama's name mentioned without it being ...READ»
It was widely reported that the Barack Obama for President campaign raised an astonishing $32.5 Million in the second quarter. I am not surprised and here's a little story as to one of the reasons why. A month or two ago, my friend ...READ»
The results of the Iowa caucuses are in and, no surprise to me, the best communicators won.
Both Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee may have thin resumes, but their ability to inspire, motivate and persuade are unparalleled among the ...READ»
“We change when it hurts too much not to change.” That statement is attributed to Harvard professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the author of many books on change and its effect on organizations. This sentiment certainly applied to ...READ»
Always entertaining; the only thing that would make this house party more fun is if he were actually in the room. Watching him take wild swings at his fellow candidates is never dull.
He actually sputtered: You'll never get CHANGE ...READ»
Say out loud, "Yes we can!" Then say out loud, "Ready on day
one!" What do you notice?
When you say, "Yes we can!" your mouth smiles at the end of
that statement and the smile lasts beyond the ...READ»
Observing the presidential campaigns as an expert in emotional intelligence has been highly instructional about what does and doesn't work in terms of leadership.
One of the main appeals to Barack Obama is that when people ...READ»
Most people who know me know I'm fascinated by political communication and in fact, it has become an area of expertise for me. Today, I was quoted in the Washingon Post on Barack Obama's speaking style and earlier this month I was ...READ»
I have been working with leaders for over 25 years...leaders in business, and in the community, professionally and personally. There are few that would argue that 'courage' is not an important leadership attribute. Regardless of ...READ»
Once in a while politicians break through the noose that keep them on message and speak in a way that transcends the daily grind to hit fundamental truths. Senator Barack Obama did so yesterday, and in doing so, seized the moment. ...READ»
(also seen at basil and spice)
My first reaction to Barack Obama's "More Perfect Union" speech was how utterly un-American it was.
My
second reaction is that I only hope that he continues down that ...READ»
As an online publisher, I regularly contact authors I feel the public may want to hear from. Recently, my office emailed individual invitations to Senator Hillary Clinton, Senator Barack Obama, and Senator John McCain, ...READ»
Fast Company in its April issue has a terrific article by Ellen McGirt on "The Brand Called Obama" that is must reading for anyone in personal branding regardless of your political persuasion. The article talks about how ...READ»
(also at basil and spice)
A Presidential Prediction From the World of Emotional Intelligence
If
you haven't noticed, more people act (or more accurately react) from
emotion than reason. If you need evidence of that, you ...READ»
(also at basil and spice)
A Presidential Prediction From the World of Emotional Intelligence
If
you haven't noticed, more people act (or more accurately react) from
emotion than reason. If you need evidence of that, you ...READ»
Oh, boy, how quickly things can change. As a leading authority on political communication, it’s been fascinating to watch Barack Obama’s recent communication struggles. It didn’t seem possible just a short month or so ago [see ...READ»
Notice that I did not indicate whether business was BIG or small. Of the three front runners - Obama, Clinton and McCain - currently in the presidential race for their party's nomination, who will be the "President for ...READ»
Super-delegate's: Why Barack Obama?
I am originally from Buffalo, NY, however as a result of losing my mother at the age of 13 years old I relocated to North Carolina where I lived with my grandmother before going to college. ...READ»
A spate of recent articles about the Obama brand have, in my view as an expert on marketing, neglected the brand's strategy and focused its verbal or visual expressions. But far more important is the distinction between the ...READ»
Hillary Clinton waged a negative campaign and it sounds like John McCain is getting bankrolled to do the same thing. Barack Obama can be occasionally pulled down to that level, but clearly he doesn't like to engage in dirty or ...READ»
A friend of mine who happens to be a political journalist just returned from a 10 day holiday jaunt through Europe last week. His most startling discovering, he told me: Europeans are gaga over Obama.
In Fast Company's April ...READ»
I just read Danielle Sacks’ post on Europeans Hearting Obama, which stirred me into a heartfelt response of my own…
When you think about it, Barack Obama, the human being, is in many ways the polar opposite of President ...READ»
Watching a bit of the DNC rules committee’s (a committee wrapped in a committee, like the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie pop) meeting today on CNN, I discovered yet again that the Democratic race is still not over. It seems that, ...READ»
