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 When you open Q&A – never use this question

When you open Q&A – never use this question

16/09/2021

'Does anyone have any questions?'

Admit it. Near the end of a one of your prior presentations, I would bet - at least once - you have used this question to open a Q&A [...]

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 How counting  your ‘ums’ & ‘ahs’ can make you a better speaker

How counting your ‘ums’ & ‘ahs’ can make you a better speaker

09/09/2021

Everyone uses filler words when they speak. The filler words become a problem, when they distract a listener from your message and/or when a listener starts counting your filler words. Filler [...]

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 Stop DAYDREAMING & stay PRESENT with this tip

Stop DAYDREAMING & stay PRESENT with this tip

26/08/2021

Many of you know of my DBAE (Don't Be Anywhere Else) technique to stay present in an interaction, meeting et al and to not, daydream. The technique is simply to do this.

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 How Gen. Colin POWELL projects CERTAINTY when he communicates

How Gen. Colin POWELL projects CERTAINTY when he communicates

24/06/2021

In my One-on-One Leadership communication training work, the most bang-for-time activity is [...]

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 My simple process to AVOID being INTERRUPTED

My simple process to AVOID being INTERRUPTED

10/06/2021

A number of my mid-level, executive clients are frustrated when delivering important presentations to their Leadership Team or Board. They’re frustrated because soon after [...]

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 HOW a DOCTOR’S, exam prep TIPS can HELP you

HOW a DOCTOR’S, exam prep TIPS can HELP you

20/05/2021

Imagine you're a trainee doctor, about to get grilled in an oral examination, or as it is called in the medical field, a viva. Below are tips given to trainee doctors on how to prepare for [...]

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 Are YOU a LEADER or a BUREAUCRAT?

Are YOU a LEADER or a BUREAUCRAT?

13/05/2021

Please read this vignette by Gary Hamel, American management expert, as quoted in the book, [...]

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 The DANGER of PREconceived NOTIONS

The DANGER of PREconceived NOTIONS

06/05/2021

'In looking back on an unpleasant or disagreeable experience, the thought inevitably occurs to us: if only we had said or done x instead of y, if only we could do it over. Many a [...]

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 The POWER of it, CAN’T be OVER-estimated . . .

The POWER of it, CAN’T be OVER-estimated . . .

29/04/2021

Recently a client of mine - a CIO of a major federal, government department - told me the power of my suggestion to develop a regular habit of using his phone to video record  himself [...]

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 Do you HAVE a FEAR of being INTERRUPTED?

Do you HAVE a FEAR of being INTERRUPTED?

22/04/2021

‘… when we feel powerful, even our voices spread out and take up more space than they do when we feel powerless. Stanford University psychologists Lucia Guillory and Deborah Gruenfeld [...]

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