Consider this. He or she who loses their cool – loses.
Leaving aside the value of his policies and views, and scoring Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison against a benchmark of a competent, inspiring, forward-looking, calm-under-pressure leader of state, conveyed through facial expressions, tone of voice, body language and feeling tone- in his 35 minute interview with Waleed Aly last week, I scored Mr. Morrison’s performance as 6.5/10.
Michael Kelly’s letter to the editor in the AFR published on 15 March 2019
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In this AFR Boss article, Michael Kelly provides insights in to the lessons to be learned from the grilling at the Hayne Royal Commission.
Australia will soon have a state election in New South Wales followed by a federal election. There will be winners and there will be losers. As numerous politicians will be delivering their post-loss, concession speech, it’s timely to re-visit Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard’s concession speech.
A number of my clients are frustrated when delivering important presentations to their Leadership Team or Board.
There frustrated because soon after they start presenting, a member of the Leadership team or Board interrupts them.
This interruption interferes with the speaking flow, and turns into a free flowing discussion between the leaders in the room, leaving the presenter stranded and often resulting in deferring the decision on the matter to a later time.
and it can take months before a final decision is made.
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For many years one of my body language research methods is as follows:
During weekdays in the Sydney CBD, when the opportunity arises, I stop at a cafe that has a view of an entrance to an office tower.
This vantage point allows me to observe how business people present themselves through their face, body and movement – as the enter and exit the tower, and while buying their flat whites and lattes.
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