HOW to INTRODUCE Yourself – the RIGHT Way

I’m pleased to share again a guest article from a top performer – my friend, Duff Watkins. I urge you to read the article.

How to Introduce Yourself Anytime, Anywhere, to Anybody in the Right Way.

Duff has been mentoring people in their careers for 25+ years– from onboarding to outplacement, from public blue-chip companies to professional sport teams.  His Accelerate Performance program guides new leaders to achieve in 90 days instead of 9 months.

Please check out Duff’s work at ExecSearch International.

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The BEST Communication – Right MESSAGE, Right TONE…RFK

If ever there was a speech that was the right one, at the right time, by the right person, in the right manner, for the right reason, and with the right feeling tone – a speech that had a direct correlation to preventing violence – this speech HAS to be on the short list.

The above is text from a post I wrote back in 2017 about an impromptu speech delivered on 28 June 1968 by Robert F. Kennedy, in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA soon after Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated.

After King’s assassination, there were riots in all major American cities, but –

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KEYS to BRINGing out the BEST in YOURSELF and others

“Bottom line: Applying soon, certain and positive consequences is the most efficient way to improve behaviour and attitude at the same time.

Of course, every reader of this article knows this and also knows the term positive reinforcer should only be used if the positive consequence increases the frequency of the target behaviour.

But even when positive consequences do not result in an observable change in behaviour, they are still useful.

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