I recently attended a well-established business event. There were over 100 businesses in the room. After a reviving coffee, I took my seat to listen to the speakers. By the second one I wished I was elsewhere. Public speaking is not easy but it gets easier the more you practice. In this article I'll show you a checklist to be better prepared for your presentations and encourage you to invest in getting better to be more successful.
7 Ways to Create Engaged Teams in 7 Days
We will all be familiar with the well-known cliché companies often share about how, “people are our greatest asset”. Yet all too often see examples of where these words do not get back up by the actions of decision makers in a business. Busy managers, working under external pressures like cash-flow and KPIs can easily put aside good intentions.However, from a logical point of view, creating and keeping highly engaged teams of people, your business is a no brainer.
Is Your Senior Management Team Pointless?
Last year a company I know well that was growing and achieving high quality was broadsided by an external force that took away its profitability overnight. They had a senior management team of skilled, experienced and clever people. However, that team crumbled under the issue. Eventually just one was left and they've faced things head on and rescued the business.
This will make you a more Authentic Leader
I recently attended a conference around authenticity in business. There were a range of speakers all offering their view on authenticity in business. I’ll declare now that I find a lot of these sorts of events slightly superficial. Figuring out what makes you truly authentic is a quest. It’s a real deep journey of discovery that requires proper investment of time and challenge to help a person understand who they are. This article will help make you a more authentic leader.
4 Tips to Improve Your Presentations
Communicating well to internal audiences and externally comes to the fore when one takes on management and leadership responsibility. Yet, despite the growing awareness of the impact of engaging presentations the message is not getting through. So, I thought I’d share my 4 tips to improving presentations.