Most ideas don’t perish because they’re wrong; they perish because they’re presented in a manner that never allows them to flourish. In every workplace, the true differentiator isn’t intelligence, experience, or even creativity. It’s whether you can make another person feel the importance of what you’re saying, at the moment you’re saying it. We[…]
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Do You Have the Leadership Presentation Skills Your Team Truly Needs?
Communication Skills, Leadership, Presentation Skills Jun 24, 2017
For years, organisations have dismissed presentation skills as a “soft skill.” At Mindful Presenter, we believe that the label is not only misleading but also dangerous. There is nothing soft about communication; it is the hardest, most consequential skill a leader uses every single day. Whether you look to Maslow’s hierarchy or Tony Robbins’[…]
Mindful Presenting: The Skill That Separates Ordinary Communicators from Extraordinary Leaders
Communication Skills, Mindfulness, Public Speaking Jun 11, 2017
Imagine the scene. It’s Friday morning. It’s been a long, relentless week, the kind that drains your energy in slow, invisible increments. The only thing keeping you going is the thought of sinking into your sofa in a few hours, away from the noise, the pressure, the sameness. You’re halfway through that soothing image when[…]
Mindfulness in today’s hectic world – is it boring, impossible or critical?
Mindfulness, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Apr 28, 2017
Mindfulness isn’t a recent trend, nor is it fashionable, and it isn’t a passing fad. People have been practising it for over two and a half thousand years, long before smartphones, deadlines, and inboxes began vying for every second of our attention. It has endured because it works. Today, many of the world’s most[…]
Break the Habit: How Mindful Presenters Rise Above the Noise
Communication Skills, Mindfulness, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Mar 11, 2017
Poor presentation habits are widespread. You don’t have to look far to spot them; in fact, most professionals have at least one habit they wish they could break. When people approach us to enhance their communication skills, anxiety is usually their initial concern, but their second, often more persistent worry, is the set of[…]
The Value of Mindfulness in Public Speaking: The Awareness Advantage
Mindfulness, Public Speaking Mar 02, 2017
Mindfulness has become one of the most effective tools available to us today. Not because it is trendy, or because Silicon Valley has adopted it, but because it provides us with something we desperately lack in a noisy world: awareness. Awareness of ourselves, our thoughts, our emotions, and the world we navigate daily. Its rise[…]
