It's difficult to construct a great speech that's transformational in its nature, but this graduation speech to the students at SMU is worth looking looking into.
This 17 minute video captured the powerful words of a truly great speaker. While it is hard to tell from the video, it appears Dr. King started his presentation by reading from a script, then stopped reading from his prepared notes and started speaking extemporaneously.
Most business presentations are pretty boring but Jobs has mastered the art of the presentation. You don't have to watch the entire presentation, but one can see why the iphone generated so much publicity.
This page has a large number of speeches, articles, and some interviews made by various presenters, many of them university professors. A good resource.
Saxton
has put together a number of great speeches, from the not so well
known to extremely famous individuals. On the well known side, you
will find speeches by:
A
large number of people get leadership confused with management,
but they are really very different. Due to this confusion many
people to underestimate the importance of developing leadership
skills.
In
this session you will discover the differences between management
and leadership, and why leadership skills are critical for
accelerating careers and achieving fast growing organizations.
Learn the types of skills developed by successful leaders and
the traits famous leaders perfect; the major leadership styles
seen today and the ones we are likely to see in future.
Not
choice but habit rules the unreflecting herd.
William
Wadsworth, 1770-1850 English Poet, Grant That By This
For more information on Push
The Envelopedownload this
.pdf file.
Transformational Leadership
Speech 2:
Influence
at Work:
Getting the Behaviors You Want
Have you noticed that we tune out
some but pay attention to every word from others? Do you follow
the advice of leaders, but completely ignore the counsel of
bosses?
There are seven sources of influence
those in charge of others can develop. Yet, so many managers
only rely on two or three, ignoring the rest. For example,
authority works fine in static, bureaucratic environments
but typically works less well in fluid, dynamic situations.
Learn why some sources of influence
work better than others and tactics for increasing personal
influence without relying on authority.
The
key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
Kenneth
Blanchard
For more information on Influence at Work, download this
.pdf file.
Transformational
Leadership Speech 3:
Filling The
Leadership Pipeline:
What
Works and What Doesn't’ In Leadership Development
Most
organizational development experts conclude there is a
strong relationship between leadership development and organizational
performance, even though this payoff defies simple ROI
calculations.
This presentation covers issues and pitfalls,
success factors and lessons learned; what to consider if you are
thinking about putting a program in place; and areas to fine-tune
if you have
a program.
For more information on Tough
as Nails, download this
200K .pdf file
If
you study mathematics, you become a mathematician. If you
study history, you become a historian, If you study swimming,
you drown.
Anonymous
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