November 14, 2015 ~ Written by: W.B. “Bud” Kirchner “Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.” ~ Peter Drucker As I sit here in a reflective mood that accompanies transition (I am just finishing my Chopin martini and about to start my Borolo wine) I am...
October 29, 2015 ~ Written by: W.B. “Bud” Kirchner “After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” ~ Philip Pullman Just to repeat a couple points I’ve made along the way: (1) This is not a “by the manual” Dale Carnegie course. Business (in my opinion) becomes such...
October 25, 2015 ~ Written by: W.B. “Bud” Kirchner “It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.” ~ Mark Twain Over the years I have spent a lot of time struggling with how to introduce Kirchner Group to people. The considerable breadth and depth,...
October 16, 2015 ~ Written by: W.B. “Bud” Kirchner “You can make more friends in two months by becoming genuinely interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” ~ Dale Carnegie Just to review the approach I have proposed, persuasion really breaks down to...
October 13, 2015 ~ Written by: W.B. “Bud” Kirchner “I’ve learned that people will forget what you’ve said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~ Maya Angelou The theme of this series involves communication: not the “structural” aspect, which we dealt with in previous articles...
Part 3 of the Series on nonverbal communication. I have become intrigued by a couple broader stroke concepts regarding nonverbal communication which is where I will begin. While they are each applicable to both inbound and outbound messaging I present them here mostly in the context of delivering a convincing (nonverbal) message.
September 14, 2015 ~ Written by: W.B. “Bud” Kirchner “If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.” ~ John F. Kennedy Amongst my various duties at Kirchner Group, I get to preside over ‘premortems.’ That is where we chat (hypothetically) about what “went...
September 7, 2015 ~ Written by: W.B. “Bud” Kirchner “When ideas fail – words come in handy.” ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe One can’t help but wonder if Goethe would include nonverbal communication here I became convinced of the power of nonverbal communication by a little boy who never spoke a word to me, yet...