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LeadtheRoom

What Makes a Career Take Off

Sep 25, 2025

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4 min read

What Makes a Career Take Off

Showing up before you feel ready is the first step that changes everything

Michael Shehane
Michael Shehane

LeadtheRoom

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The Mystery Solved: Leading Panels That Move People

Sep 19, 2025

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9 min read

The Mystery Solved: Leading Panels That Move People

Balancing Preparation, Presence, and People in Your Next Panel Discussion

Michael Shehane
Michael Shehane

ClarityofSpeech

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Leading with Clarity in the Age of AI

Sep 4, 2025

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7 min read

Leading with Clarity in the Age of AI

AI as Your Partner in Clear Thinking and Clear Speaking

Michael Shehane
Michael Shehane

ClarityofThought

Distance Creates Clarity in Work Meetings

Aug 29, 2025

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5 min read

Distance Creates Clarity in Work Meetings

AI-powered transcript analysis helps busy professionals gain distance, see their communication habits, and run sharper meetings.

Michael Shehane
Michael Shehane

ClarityofThought

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Clarity of Thought in the Age of AI

Aug 22, 2025

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7 min read

Clarity of Thought in the Age of AI

How to notice the fog before it clouds your company's communication

Michael Shehane
Michael Shehane

ConvinceWithoutControl

Prompting the Audience to Care: A Skill Every Scientist Needs Outside the Lab

Aug 15, 2025

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6 min read

Prompting the Audience to Care: A Skill Every Scientist Needs Outside the Lab

To bring people to the science, meet them where they are first.

Michael Shehane
Marwa Zafarullah, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Michael Shehane, +1

LeadtheRoom

Why Engineers Should Learn to Communicate Like Executives (Yes, You)

Aug 8, 2025

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5 min read

Why Engineers Should Learn to Communicate Like Executives (Yes, You)

Because building the future isn’t enough—someone has to explain it.

Michael Shehane
Michael Shehane

AI

AI Taught Me Shakespeare. It Also Taught Me About Being Human (Part 1 of 3)

Jul 24, 2025

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5 min read

AI Taught Me Shakespeare. It Also Taught Me About Being Human (Part 1 of 3)

How reading all of Shakespeare with the help of AI turned confusion into curiosity and made the plays feel more human than ever.

Michael Shehane
Michael Shehane

ExecutivePresenceCues

Emotional Regulation Is a Practice, Not a Performance: The GAINZ Framework

Jun 17, 2025

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4 min read

Emotional Regulation Is a Practice, Not a Performance: The GAINZ Framework

A high-stakes conversation. A meeting with the C-Suite. A once-in-a-lifetime sales pitch.

Michael Shehane
Michael Shehane

Interview Skills

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The Interview Question That Catches Everyone Off Guard (Including Me)

May 26, 2025

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3 min read

The Interview Question That Catches Everyone Off Guard (Including Me)

After years of helping clients answer tough interview questions, I found myself on the receiving end of it: “Why did you leave your last job?”

Michael Shehane
Michael Shehane

feedbackloops

Zero, Me, You, & We Levels of Feedback

May 18, 2025

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7 min read

Zero, Me, You, & We Levels of Feedback

Feedback loops help your team grow—by learning, adjusting, and improving together.

Michael Shehane
Michael Shehane
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