Last time we looked at three great female leaders from movies – Rita O’Grady from Made in Dagenham, Dottie Hinson from A League of Their Own, and Elizabeth I from Elizabeth. Here are three more, again with contrasting leadership strengths. Erin Brockovich Legal assistant Erin Brockovich shows that anyone can… Read More »Great female leaders in movies: part two
Standing out amidst the crowd of communication chatter is getting ever harder in today’s world. How can you make your message memorable? In Resonate, Nancy Duarte suggests giving your audience a STAR moment – ‘Something They’ll Always Remember’. Often involving some kind of physical prop, it’s part of your presentation… Read More »Create your own STAR moment
Last month the media was full of stories marking the anniversary of one of the greatest speeches of all time, Dr Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ address in Washington. What makes a speech resonate to such a degree that it is still celebrated 50 years later? The ‘I… Read More »Nine keys to an extraordinary speech: Amistad
Movies are full of them. So are great speeches. Yet in business communication, this simple but powerful technique is used surprisingly rarely. What are they? Analogies. As Chip and Dan Heath point out in the brilliant Made to Stick, analogies work. They make concepts simple and understandable. What’s more, they… Read More »The secret technique for powerful communication
As a leader, teacher or educator, much of your success will depend on your ability to communicate in a way that really resonates with your audience. That’s not an easy task. In our age of internet, social media and smartphones, we’re assailed by thousands of messages a day. Only by… Read More »Make your messages sticky: lessons from Freedom Writers
Despite being over 60 years old, Twelve O’Clock High is apparently still required viewing at U.S. service academies and training schools. While many movies have valuable leadership lessons, few are about the very nature of leadership itself. Twelve O’Clock High is different. It’s a movie that reveals both the power and… Read More »Is Twelve O’Clock High the definitive leadership movie?