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Some people view sporting events as– well– sporting events. For me, awards shows are sporting events, as there are few things I enjoy more than listening to a good (and cringing at a bad) acceptance speech. The article below offers 10 tips we can all take away from Oscar acceptance speeches over the years. I [...]
I make no claims to being musical. If anything, my musical appreciation is akin to Rain Man’s: if I like a song, I just play it and play it and play it and…. That said, I do have an enormous appreciation for hard work. Given that, I thought Jennifer Hudson’s hair-on-the-back-of-my-neck-raising performance of Whitney Houston’s [...]
Though some miscommunications might make for a good knee-slap (nearly every premise of Arrested Development), it’s not so funny in the workplace. There’s a reason why employers tend to sprinkle the phrase “strong communication skills” somewhere in the job requirement — a lack thereof creates a cargo ship full of potential mishaps and burdens. Who wants [...]
I was asked the following 10 questions by Worth Magazine. In addition to the answers included below– an amalgamation of information from a few coaches– I would include the following, most important point: There is no point in working with someone who leaves you feeling overwhelmed and or/like a failure by creating beautiful sound bites or speeches that you [...]
by Ruth Graham Being invited on a business trip with your boss is a great opportunity: You get one-on-one time with a higher-up, the chance to learn from her, and to prove your mettle on the road. But that road can be full of pot-holes, too. Business travel includes all kinds of etiquette quandaries that never [...]
This past Sunday night, E Entertainment waylaid Angelina Jolie on the red carpet at the SAG Awards to ask the following question: “What advice would you give an aspiring actor?” (If you are riddled with disbelief at this post right now, please bear with me.) To which Jolie responded, (If you are cringing with fear [...]