Speaking to a group of people can go smoothly when you employ the suggestions offered in this SmartTips video. Use it to remind you of the basics, such as knowing your audience, outlining what you want to say and fine-tuning for a perfect delivery of your speech or slideshow presentation. Learn more and watch here

To reach your true leadership potential, writes INSEAD professor Herminia Ibarra, push yourself outside your comfort zone. by Daniel Gross- Strategy + Businessmagazine: A native of Miami and veteran of Harvard Business School, Ibarra since 2002 has taught at INSEAD in Paris, where she is the Cora Chaired Professor of Leadership and Learning and heads

by Laura W. Geller for Strategy + Business Magazine: The Darden School of Business professor describes a new framework for predicting conflict outcomes. You know the types. There’s the office yeller, intimidating others with vitriolic rant. There’s the passive-aggressive underminer, nodding assent but then dragging her feet. There’s the colleague who gets angry over a

by Matt Abrahams and sponsored by Citrixonline: Matt Abrahams is a passionate, collaborative and innovative educator and coach who teaches Strategic Communication for Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and Presentation Skills for Stanford’s Continuing Studies Program, while also teaching at De Anza College. He has published research articles on cognitive planning, persuasion, and interpersonal

by Gretchen Rubin Review by Amazon: Bad habits can wreck you, great habits can make you. So how do you build the habits that fuel a great life, and eliminate the ones that take you down? Gretchen Rubin’s answer: through habits. Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life. It takes work to make a

from Todd Henry and the Accidental Creative: This workbook contains questions, prompts, and other tools to help you consider and apply the ideas contained in my Book, Die Empty. Brilliant work is no accident. It’s the result of focused, intentional, and aligned effort over the course of time. By building regular checkpoints into your life