One of the greatest fears that all of us have is speaking in front of many people. But where do these fears come from? More specifically, what is the thinking that is going on in our heads that causes these fears and ultimately distorts the reality? Fears about speaking in public usually revolve around the…
… Whatever language you are presenting in, it’s extremely important that your presentation has impact. If your presentation has impact, the audience will pay full attention to you and your message will reach them loud and clear. Here are 10 things you can do to engage the audience and make them remember you! When you…
… “This is the way we’ve always done it.” In the context of presentations, nobody ever says this to me, but time and time again, when I go into companies to give presentation skills coaching, this phrase comes into my mind. I’ve learnt from experience that state of the art office decoration and the absolutely latest communication…
… Behind effective presenting lies a world of tools and techniques, not to mention a range of complex human mindsets that may help or hinder the process. However, one technique that I consider to be indispensable is the technique of using pauses in your presentation. It is simple and when used well, powerful so why is it…
The public speaking world is awash with hundreds of techniques to make your presentation/speech ‘effective’ ‘have impact’ ‘be persuasive’, ‘entertaining’ … the list goes on. But what purpose underlies all these techniques? It is to CONNECT. Presenting is communicating and communicating is about connecting with the person/people in front of you. That’s all very well…
It goes without saying that having a vision is a necessary quality of an effective leader or leadership team; followers can’t follow without a vision to follow! But the best visions that work are the simple ones. They work because they demonstrate three things: Where we are going and why that is relevent to each…
There’s no doubt – we all tend to take communication for granted. But as George Bernard Shaw pointed out, «The problem with communication… is the illusion that it has been accomplished.» We believe it to be a straightforward process and that when we say something the other person understands us fully and we, of course,…
Here at Business Learning Solutions we are getting asked more and more to do presentations training and coaching in multinational companies. And I see managers and directors who have been giving presentations for years making the same mistake over and over again. What is the common mistake most of them make? – There is no structure to their…
Sometimes as a manager it’s difficult to get honest, genuine feedback on how you are performing from a member of your team. We know that if we are to get the most out of our team we must listen to their view on how we can improve but many people are reluctant to tell their…
Ok, this may seem a little different from what I usually write about, but it’s a subject that is of much interest to many HR people in larger companies, and was the title of our last HR English Breakfast that we held last week; a bi-monthly event where we invite HR professional to debate topics…
