by David Phillips | Aug 27, 2013 | Business, Featured, Leadership
By David Phillips Steve Ballmer / Getty Late last week, it was revealed that after more than a decade as the head of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer would be stepping down within the next year. Over at Three Star Leadership, Wally Block has put together a few comments from...
by David Phillips | Aug 14, 2013 | Communication, Featured, Leadership
By David Phillips Finishing up this short series on rhetoric, persuasion, and leadership, I want to help us rethink and reframe persuasion. After dealing with the question of logic or emotion, now we come to how I think we should look at how to influence and lead...
by David Phillips | Jun 3, 2013 | Business, Featured, Systems
By David Phillips Transitions in business, or any organization for that matter, need connect how they start and how they end. Too often, leadership within many organizations seem to spend more time focusing on their future direction than where they are. And examining...
by David Phillips | Jun 3, 2013 | Business, Featured, Systems
By David Phillips Aristotle’s three appeals – logos, pathos, and ethos – are effective tools in the rhetorical framework, or the art of persuasion. Using all three as part of a rhetorical strategy, in fact, is one of the most effective methods of persuading others,...