I'm a professional speaker. My presentations primarily focus on leadership, corporate culture, and employee engagement. With that said, when people find out about the work I do, most respond by saying something like, “So, you're a motivational speaker?” (I even had this conversation last week with an acquaintance I've known for 5 years.) I used…
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Keep ReadingWhen you graduated high school or college, were you challenged by a motivational speaker to live your dream life? While I don't speak at graduations much anymore, I used to quite often. As a graduation speaker, my job was to inspire students to apply what they learned in school to live their dream life. While…
Keep ReadingYou have probably taken at least one personality test. The DiSC profile. Myers-Briggs. Perhaps even the Enneagram. But have you ever seen a personality test that identifies toxic personalities? I haven't. Here's a quick personality test for identifying toxic personalities. It's not really a personality test, it's just a list of seven draining personalities I've…
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