Every year, usually sometime in December, I hear from attorneys who tell me they want to get more serious about business development in the coming year. They want a plan, more consistency, stronger relationships, and better results. Then December happens. Year-end...

My grandparents loved America and the opportunity they created here for future generations of their family. How did we go from a "country of immigrants" to a place where people feel emboldened to scream on a street corner for others to "go back to their country"? This...

After I finished speaking to the partners at a regional law firm, a stern looking 55 year old man walked up and said "I just told the managing partner I was never allowed to be on the selection committee for our speakers again. You see I was one of three who picked...

A master of ceremonies at a corporate event guides the audience through the entire program. The MC introduces speakers, manages transitions and energy, keeps the agenda on time, and connects separate sessions into one experience. Twenty years ago, that job usually...

There are people who walk into a meeting, get up to give a presentation, or answer a difficult question and immediately seem to have a little more weight in the room. It is not always because they have the biggest title or the most experience. Sometimes they are not...