Coaching Professionals Bust 13 Common Public Speaking Myths
Gregg Ward speaks up on the Forbes Coaches Council Expert Panel, where top business and career coaches from Forbes Coaches Council offer firsthand insights on leadership development & careers. Public speaking isn’t easy for everyone. Some get the jitters just introducing themselves to an audience, and even experienced speakers may still get butterflies before stepping on stage....Nine Ways To Effectively And Professionally ‘Break Up’ With A Client
Gregg Ward joins other Forbes Coaches Council Members as they contribute to the Expert Panel where top business and career coaches from Forbes Coaches Council offer firsthand insights on leadership. As a business owner, you understand the value of each of your clients. However, not every arrangement turns out to be mutually beneficial, and at some point you may find it necessary to...
5 Simple Ways to Show Your Team You Appreciate Them
One of my first real jobs after college was working as a temp in a college in New York City. I’d been assigned to a crazy busy office in the adult training department. The boss had me keying printed training manuals into our new Apple IIe computer, which required me to save my work onto floppy discs (anyone remember those?). But I got so busy, sometimes I forgot to save my work. One afternoon...15 Big Challenges You’ll Face As A Modern CEO (And How To Solve Them)
Gregg Ward is one of 15 Forbes Coaches Council members chosen to contribute to their Expert Panel, where top business and career coaches from Forbes Coaches Council offer firsthand insights on leadership. Every leader faces trying times, both internally and externally. Those external factors are often the most difficult to contend with, since they’re outside of...
Gregg Ward Featured on SD Voyager
Today we’d like to introduce you to Gregg Ward. So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story. Back in the 1980’s, I was a starving actor in New York City and working as a temp for the College of Criminal Justice in the City University of New York. My boss, the Dean of Special Programs, wanted me to help him...
The Book District Podcast
3 big ideas discussed in this episode: The two most common leadership styles “Command & Control” and “Carrot & Stick” are unproductive, unsustainable and disrespectful. A much more effective and positive style is needed, “Respectful Leadership.” Respect is contagious: recent discoveries in neuroscience consistently support the concept that if we treat others with genuine respect, they...
30 Years and 2,500 Programs in Learning & Development- Has Anything Changed?
My first real training development and delivery job was for the New York City Police Department in the 1980’s and it was a doozy: use professional actors to help train police officers learn how to manage what they called “EDP”s – Emotionally Disturbed Persons. My responsibility was to cast and direct the actors and help them create realistic characters – like drug addicts going through...
Gregg Ward to Speak at Disrupt HR 3.0
See Gregg Ward speak at Disrupt HR 3.0, an information exchange designed to energize, inform, and empower executives, business leaders, and people in the HR field. At this public event, speakers from CEOs to top HR professionals have 5 minutes to blow your mind with their engaging presentations. Gregg will present his keynote presentation, “The Hidden Power of Respect,” on May 3rd....
“The Respectful Leader” Wins Gold Medal
“The Respectful Leader: Seven Ways to Influence Without Intimidation” by Gregg Ward wins gold medal from the Axiom Business Book Awards SAN DIEGO, CA — “The Respectful Leader: Seven Ways to Influence Without Intimidation” by Gregg Ward has won a gold medal in the Business Fable category from the Axiom Business Book Awards, the largest and most respected critical guidepost for business books in...