Act Better, Donald By Lisa Loving Dalton The Poli-anna of Politics Donald Trump needs to be a better actor if he wants to be a winner, and I, the Poli-anna of Politics, am just the coach for him. I am not implying that the Don should be an actor. Most of us suspect […]
Candidates need to be better actors because voters elect images, not people. Candidates: Actors know how to create images, ask Ronald Reagan. Lisa Dalton, master coach of Michael Chekhov’s technique and author of Murder of Talent says: “Great leaders paint images of life that constituents want to live, just like actors paint the life of […]
“I needed to buy some time to build my credibility with the people. So I developed a strategy.” ( #14 The Law of Buy-In) John Maxwell Perhaps the most notable Seventh Grade act of mine that relates to leadership unfolded in the spring of that year. I believe I mentioned that in 6th grade I […]
Character makes trust possible.And trust makes leadership possible. That is the Law of Solid Ground. #6. John Maxwell For some reason, 1963 was quite a seminal year for me. A lot happened in my world as we moved from Miami to the DC area. I met Dr. Martin Luther King, hours before he expressed his […]