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“Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish: Steve Jobs And Public Speaking”
For several months now, I have been watching and re-watching this moving speech from Steve Jobs. Yes, of course many of us miss him for being the towering presence of a man who was intensely creative and self disciplined – … Continue reading
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“Top Tips To Overcome Fear Of Presenting…..”
Delivering a presentation can be an effective and efficient method of marketing – both your own personal brand and that of the company you work for. It depends on how you perform. Confidence in presenting convinces your audience of your … Continue reading
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Tagged audience engagement, cast-iron self confidence, confidence, confident presenting, dread presentations, fear of presenting, gravitas, intention, overcoming fear, overcoming presentation nerves, performance anxiety, presentations for the terrified, tension in performance, winning agreement
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“Access Your ‘Power Memory’ To Reduce Presentation Nerves”
What memories do you have that make you feel good? Those memories that access moments when you felt powerful and confident. In those moments everything was simple, easy, fun and you could really do things. You might think of the time … Continue reading
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Tagged anticipatory anxiety, cast-iron self confidence, confidence, confident presenting, golden treasury, inner presence, managing self promotion, maths problem, overcoming fear, overcoming presentation nerves, performance anxiety, presentations for the terrified, slow breaths, tension in performance, those memories, treasury of memories
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“Show Your Audience Matters To You: How To Get To ‘Yes’ In Your Presentation!”
How are you going to make a lasting and memorable impact with your presentation if most of it will be forgotten by your audience in 2 days? Most will be the evidence and proof you provided. Evidence and proof don’t … Continue reading
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You Get Judged Before You Open Your Mouth!
I was working with a client today on how he could influence an MD from the introduction onwards. Both he and I agreed that in order for him to feel confident, we felt it was important to have a strategy … Continue reading
“How To Get Executive Presence?”
I had fun last Wednesday with the ladies from Oxford Athena presenting on “Executive Presence”. The Regional Director, Penny Stephens had generously given me 15 minutes – 5 minutes more than usual. The first thing I asked to open up … Continue reading
Contending With Dragons
‘Begin at the beginning,’ the King said gravely, ‘and go on till you come to the end: then stop.’ Ah such wise words from Alice in Wonderland! Though how do you know where the beginning is…..and of course, when do … Continue reading
“When you are confident, people think you are competent” – Is this true?
Hmm, when you are confident, people think you are competent. Is this true? Certainly when you speak convincingly, forcefully and authoritatively then others assume you know what you’re talking about. This is how people become leaders – they seem so sure of themselves.
So how do you convince people to believe in your competence when you are shy? Continue reading
“Gravitas”
I was working with a client of mine the other day and he took away his notes of our meeting on the nature and behaviour of leaders with that elusive characteristic, ‘Gravitas”. He kindly wrote them up – for his own benefit, and agreed to allow me to post it in my blog for our benefit too…. Continue reading
The Four Stages Of Influence Leadership?
I’m writing a book on these Four Stages which describe how a leader influences themselves and others to win agreement and win business. It’s progressing slowly since I have so many things that sit in the Urgent and Important column … Continue reading
