If you worry about not speaking up at meetings at work as much as you’d like to, or as others may like you to, you are not alone. It’s a global phenomenon. Countless people, regardless of age, experience or seniority worry about speaking up at meetings every day. Why do so many people worry about[…]
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Transform Your Public Speaking: The Masterclass That Elevates Your Confidence and Impact
Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Apr 08, 2024
Public speaking isn’t just a workplace skill; it’s a career accelerant. Yet for many professionals, presenting remains one of the biggest sources of stress, self-doubt, and missed opportunities. Some people seem naturally confident, and some even enjoy presenting, but for many, the thought of standing up to speak triggers nerves, tension, or a quiet[…]
When Your Boss Keeps Interrupting Your Presentation: How to Stay Confident, Calm and in Control
Leadership, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Oct 13, 2023
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[…]
Leadership in Presentation Skills: The Missing Link in Modern Organisations
Communication Skills, Leadership, Presentation Skills Aug 28, 2018
The need for strong leadership in presentation skills has never been more urgent. Every day, across every industry, professionals are presenting in meetings, pitches, conference calls, town halls, networking events, and high-stakes updates. Outside of those formal moments, almost every conversation is, in truth, a presentation. In business today, we are constantly trying to[…]
Leadership is probably one of the most written-about skills in business today. For decades, the mantra has been the same: faster, better, cheaper, smarter. However, in the world we now inhabit, one defined by constant change, competing priorities, and a workforce yearning for belonging, purpose, connection, and well-being, that mantra is becoming increasingly difficult to[…]
Powerful presentation tips may offer the answer to transforming tedious business meetings which leave so many professionals uninspired. A number of readers seemed to empathise with a previous article I wrote, having left comments such as: ‘My previous employer needs to read this’ ‘Whew! I thought it was just me!’ ‘Many companies could take notes[…]