by Julie Broad | Nov 11, 2016 | Impact & Results, Influence
This is an excerpt from The New Brand You. I was working at my desk when the phone rang. It was my Mom. “Your Grandma isn’t doing well. They rushed her to the ER last night. She has a blockage and needs surgery.” Surgery is risky at any age. When you’re 97, the risks...
by Julie Broad | Oct 7, 2016 | Conversations that Sell, Influence, Telling Great Stories
Imagine shooting the breeze in the arena locker room with your University Alumni hockey team after a game. A local jail is mentioned in a joke and with a serious look the goalie says, “Oh no boys – that’s no joke. You don’t want to go to that jail. It’s pretty rough.”...
by Julie Broad | Jul 29, 2016 | Influence, Personal Brand, Trust
At the end of a workshop that we ran, a woman came up to me and said, “I can’t believe I am doing it!” She had been in the same job for eight years and had been passed over for a promotion three times. The third time really shocked her because she was far more...
by Julie Broad | Jul 3, 2015 | Influence, Telling Great Stories, Trust
“Most people, when directly confronted with proof that they are wrong, do not change their point of view or course of action but justify it even more tenaciously.” ~ Carol Travis & Elliot Aronson, Mistakes were Made (But Not By Me). My Mom used to joke...
by Julie Broad | May 14, 2015 | Impact & Results, Presentations, Telling Great Stories
Imagine this is your last day on earth. You can share one message with the people you care about before you leave. What would you say? That’s the idea behind One Last Talk, a Philip McKernan experience. Philip is an Irishman who has made Canada his home for...
by Julie Broad | Apr 2, 2015 | Body Language, Influence
Sitting in the audience looking up at the man the MC just brought on stage, I gasped. It was a speakers worst nightmare. The speaker’s shirt was like a light blue flag waving at us from the opening in his pants. His fly was undone! There was nowhere else you...