Preparing for and delivering a presentation at work is challenging enough without the added pressure of being interrupted, especially by the person who holds the most influence over your role, confidence, and future. For many professionals, presenting at work doesn’t begin with the slides; it begins with a knot in the stomach. It’s the quiet[…]
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When Your Boss Keeps Interrupting Your Presentation: How to Stay Confident, Calm and in Control
Leadership, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Oct 13, 2023
How to Win an Argument Without Arguing: The Power of Facts, Feelings and Future
Presentation Skills, Presentation Tips, Public Speaking Jun 17, 2023
Have you ever tried to win an argument? Of course you have. We all have. I don’t like arguing, not in life, not in business, and not even in writing, but I’m confident every one of us has found ourselves in that uncomfortable space where two perspectives collide. Dale Carnegie captured the truth perfectly in[…]
Present Ideas, Insights and Imagination, Not Just Information
General, Presentation Skills, Presentation Tips, Public Speaking Jun 04, 2023
In today’s business world, we are drowning in information yet starving for meaning. Every day, professionals are bombarded with data, dashboards, metrics, updates, reports, and presentations, all competing for cognitive space that is already stretched to the breaking point. Cognitive overload isn’t a side effect of modern work; it has become the default environment in[…]
The 20 Habits of Truly Brilliant Presenters
General, Presentation Skills, Presentation Tips, Public Speaking Apr 29, 2023
The 20 Habits of Truly Brilliant Presenters has been downloaded over 25,000 times since it was published. That number isn’t just impressive, it’s revealing, because it tells us that professionals everywhere are searching for something deeper than quick tips or clever tricks. They want to understand what brilliant presenters do differently, consistently and deliberately. This[…]
When it comes to public speaking, your mindset is the quiet force shaping everything you do. It can be your greatest ally or your most persistent saboteur. Long before you stand in front of an audience, your internal world has already begun the presentation. The thoughts you choose to entertain, and the ones you allow[…]
Communication: The Superpower We All Have but Rarely Master
Presentation Skills, Presentation Tips, Public Speaking Mar 03, 2023
When I was a child, I had no idea communication could be a superpower and even if someone had told me, I doubt it would have made the list. Like most children, I was far more interested in flying, teleportation, invisibility or perhaps even becoming the Six Million Dollar Man. Power, in my mind, meant[…]
