Steve Adubato, Ph.D., an Emmy Award-winning anchor on PBS, MSNBC.com media analyst and columnist, author, university lecturer and professional communications and leadership coach, will offer your organization invaluable assistance through workshops, seminars and executive one-on-one coaching. As a media and communication expert, Steve has also appeared on the TODAY Show, CNN, FOX News and CBS/2 in New York.



Great Leaders Embrace Change - 11/13/2008

MSNBC.com Column:
Attack Ads Don’t Work When People Are Hurting - 10/8/2008

Syndicated Column:
All Eyes on New Jersey in 2009 - 11/13/2008


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Steve Adubato’s 12 Keys to Making the Connection 

  1. Attitude is everything!
  2. Tap into your passion
  3. Be in the moment…”Auto-pilot” is your enemy
  4. Engage…Don’t lecture
  5. Be clear and concise…Get to the point!
  6. Relax…Everyone gets nervous speaking in public
  7. Admit mistakes and apologize…Quickly
  8. Listen…Really listen!
  9. Confront…But don’t be nasty or negative
  10. Care…It’s about them, not you
  11. Think relationships…Not sales
  12. Accept feedback…It’s a gift (even if it hurts)

 

Steve Adubato's Stand & Deliver is a dynamic professional development, training and executive coaching company designed to unlock your full potential as a compelling communicator and a more effective and persuasive leader. The program is geared toward improving skills in delivering speeches, making presentations, leading and managing your organization or team, dealing with the media, running better meetings and "actively" listening. We work with professionals in all walks of life from CEOs to middle managers, from athletes to investment bankers.




Steve Adubato's "Make the Connection" seminar was just released on DVD!  In this engaging and highly dynamic seminar, Steve shares practical communication tools to effectively sell your product or services, improve your relationships with clients and make presentations that persuade and move any audience to action. Click here to view excerpts of this DVD or to order your copy today!


Read Mark S. Porter's article "Adubato: Straight talk is essential in crises" in the The Montclair Times (October 24, 2008).


Steve's new book "What Were They Thinking" is now available!  Click here to order your copy today!  "What Were They Thinking" examines some of the highly-publicized (as well as the not so well known) and often controversial and complex public relations and media mishaps.

“Simply the best book ever written on crisis communication.”
 
Tom Casey, VP of Public Relations & Marketing
Solaris Health System


 

It's the home stretch of the 2008 Presidential election.  Join Steve Adubato and The New York Daily News' Errol Lewis as they look back at the defining moments of the campaigns. Click here to view the clip.

Steve Adubato appeared on the TODAY Show discussing the responsibility of "reality show" producers when dealing with program participants who exhibit out of control and dangerous behavior. Click here to view the clip.

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"Steve Adubato's STAND & DELIVER is gold."
- Farrokh Langdana, Director, Rutgers Univ, Executive MBA Program

"Steve Adubato is a great moderator. I truly enjoyed working with him."
-Former President George H. Bush




Great Leaders Embrace Change
by Steve Adubato, Ph.D.

Great leadership involves many factors, the biggest being how one deals with change.  Change is a funny thing.  We all know intellectually that it is inevitable, but we sometimes resist or fight it as if this were a real option. But the great leaders embrace change. They understand that while it may be scary and unnerving, change also offers opportunities to challenge oneself as well as members of your own team to be more creative, flexible and strategic.    more

 


Click here to view a clip of Steve recognized with the Toastmasters International "Communication and Leadership" award
>> Click here to view video clips of Steve's keynote speeches and seminars



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