When great communicators deliver a speech, how long do they speak?  Very often, not for long at all. In case you find that difficult to believe, Dave Yewman of Dash Consulting Inc made this brief slide deck to drive home the point. See for yourself the precise duration of history’s greatest speeches – [...]

It’s a common enough occurrence in any organization in the minutes immediately following a high-level meeting.

Two of the participants leave the boardroom together and as they travel down the hallway they begin discussing that report by the CEO, the sales managers forecast, a fellow executive’s proposal and the ensuing discussion, or anything [...]