Leadership is like a knife

Dr. Z presents another in his series of leadership metaphors.

Leadership is like a knife:

You need to stay sharp.
You have to make cuts in budgets, people, or roast beef.
You spend a good part of the day just hanging around.

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Leadership is like a…

Dr. Z. believes in the power of metaphor or similie (if you like that sort of thing).
Complete the following sentence:
Leadership is like ….
When you master metaphor you will master leadership. You can voice the metaphor during all occasions, people will be bamboozled by your ambiguity, others will salute you as a sage, and you will be [...]

Going up: How to craft a dynamic elevator speech.

Dr. Z is adamant: As a future leader, you must have a personal elevator speech plus a little extra that sets you apart.
Be prepared when the door opens on opportunity or if you get stuck between floors with a captive audience – regale anyone trapped behind the door with your unique elevator speech.
A pithy and [...]

The Leader-Talk© Program: The Top 5 Tips on How to Talk Like a Leader

Dr. Z has done extensive research on leadership communication patterns (he listened to leaders talk with each other as they went down a buffet line filling their plates with meat balls and mashed potatoes at a leadership conference). 
After this state-of-the-art research fused with rigorous analysis of the data and the composition of the meatballs, Dr. [...]