Top Tips to Create Compelling Presentations One of the downsides to being a speaker’s coach is that I’ve had to train myself to just sit back and enjoy what a speaker is saying rather than analysing their presentation. A tough ask but I’m working on it. I used to be...
Public Speaking: Practice won’t make you perfect… Why? Practice makes perfect. Well that is what we are constantly told isn’t it? But is it correct? This idea was probably best publicised as Malcolm Gladwell’s “10,000-hour rule”, which says that takes 10,000...
Confidence in Sales is as Simple as Transforming Unsupported Beliefs As you would imagine, transforming one’s beliefs and values is often the biggest sticking point for most people when it comes to removing programmed negative attitudes towards salespeople and...
Are Your Perfectionist Traits Holding You Back? I figure I’m like most people. Not quite a perfectionist but we do like things done to a particular standard. Nothing wrong with that…unless it means we don’t recognise our shortcomings and get help when we need it. And...
Top Techniques to Build Rapport Quickly “If I didn’t know better, I’d swear we have met before. I’m feeling comfortable with your proposal. I trust you.” If you know how to connect with people and communicate in a method that resonates with their perceptual filters,...
Public Speaking Secret #3 – How Anecdotes Relate Apart from not feeling comfortable speaking about themselves, my clients get most anxious about what they are going to speak about when they make the decision they want to develop presentations and speak from stage....
