Owning space

As it is election debating season in Australia leading up to a Federal election this month, here is my ANALYSIS of another debate – one of the Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton’s [...]

Political debates between leaders at the National level are about projecting a personality, a bearing, a national and world view that voters find appealing - not about scoring points.

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 [...]

Recently a participant in one of my Delivering memorable messages programmes - a woman [...]

‘A good conversation is elegantly connected with listening’. This quote is from the article Ten ways to improve your communication skills by Melanie Pinola. As this is Week #2 [...]

“He must practice an economy of movement, with no extraneous effort – the carriage of his body straight and lofty; his pacing measured and kept within bounds; lunging only to the point, and [...]

I was recently re-reading an Economist article entitled Standing Tall – Why good posture helps you. In the article the research of Li Huang and Adam Galinsky was discussed. Now you’ve heard [...]

To make a strong physical connection when you’re speaking to a group of people, cycle through the following technique: ‘Pause, lock & speak’. Here’s an explanation of the technique. 1. Pause: [...]

When you begin to speak, at a stand-up sales presentation for a large audience, ‘plant’ your feet while you deliver your opening words. After standing in that spot for a time, for [...]

Comedians say that ‘Distance is death’. What this means is that if a comedian is physically, too far away from the audience he/she will ‘die’ (ie. Not get any laughs). What does this have to do [...]