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Impactful quotations to improve how you communicate

Accenture CEO on how to package a message

How to kick-start your presentation

Compulsory reading for Start-ups

How accurate is your perception of yourself?

Anthony Albanese – How stumbling when you speak undermines your message

Stop Press! New ‘Behind the Voice’ YouTube channel launch

The key reason why Boris Johnson is still U.K. Prime Minister

Difficult conversations in the post-pandemic era

Anthony Albanese’s best speech to date

How to sustain your competitive advantage

How to move past ‘feeling inauthentic’ when communicating

How sharp is your belief in yourself?

Give your audience a reason to listen

Can people set their clock by what you say?

Medvedev’s self-destructive beliefs

My three, top tips for more productive hybrid meetings

Does your culture foster inquiry or punishment?

Are you just winging your presentations?

If you’re hesitant to ask for help – you’re an amateur

Leadership lessons from psychopaths

Every meeting is an opportunity for self-branding

Do you have a policy for hybrid meetings?

Performance contributes only 10% to career growth

Remembering Colin Powell

Ernest Hemingway on getting the words right

When should you schedule a face to face, versus a virtual meeting?

Leadership lessons from former Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer

When was the last time you reviewed your leadership principles?

When you open Q&A – never use this question

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

Canadian PM Justin TRUDEAU on how to HANDLE a QUESTION

Stop DAYDREAMING & stay PRESENT with this tip

WHY your VIRTUAL communication STILL needs WORK

LEARN the art of APOLOGY from former UK PM, David CAMERON

Don’t CHOKE with this TIP from Ash BARTY’S Mindset Coach

How to COMMUNICATE like George CLOONEY

Why you CHOKE & what to DO about it

WIN Your PITCH with this Tip from KOBE Bryant’s Coach

Why we’re still NOT listening to Anthony Albanese

LeBron James & Kobe Bryant’s Coach on Winning a Pitch

How Gen. Colin POWELL projects CERTAINTY when he communicates

5 top tips for PRESENTING to your BOARD

My simple process to AVOID being INTERRUPTED

How to communicate like DENIRO & PACINO

HOW does Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi PERFORM in an INTERVIEW?

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

Are YOU a LEADER or a BUREAUCRAT?

The DANGER of PREconceived NOTIONS

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

Do you HAVE a FEAR of being INTERRUPTED?

WHAT is Your BODY Language SAYING about YOU?

SALES people: ARE You ARTICULATE in a sales CONVERSATION?

The WORDS You Speak, MATTER

Executives: Can YOU Be Compassionate and DEMANDING?

All AGREEMENTS are with YOURSELF

CHANGE Your VOICE – CHANGE Who YOU Are

J. Seinfeld’s POWER Strategy YOU can USE right AWAY

HOW to INTRODUCE Yourself – the RIGHT Way

The BEST Communication – Right MESSAGE, Right TONE…RFK

KEYS to BRINGing out the BEST in YOURSELF and others

The RIGHT way to SIT, stand, GESTURE & move your BODY

FOUR minutes = a FULL Day

BIDEN – impassioned, GENUINE & statesmanlike in victory SPEECH

DO you SQUANDER Your First HOUR?

Are YOU a GREAT Simplifier?

VIDEO: Communication TIPs when WEARING a face MASK

Are YOU a WALKING Health HAZARD?

Five SURE FIRE ways to UP your LISTENING Game

TOM Brady’s TIP for IMPROVING

EVERY TIME you SPEAK, you’re AUDITIONING for leadership

Obama’s SPEECH at 2020 DNC, Deconstructed

Are YOU demonstrating AMBIGUOUS leadership?

HOW to ‘SELL’ yourself and your MESSAGE – James SPADER

HOW to be MEMORABLE when everyone else is FORGETTABLE

HOW to DEAL with an AGGRESSIVE audience member – OBAMA masterclass

Job INTERVIEW? Do you KNOW how to NAIL the CRUCIAL first 7 minutes

Do you HAVE a PLAYBOOK for video office SET-UP and VIRTUAL communication?

HOW does Joe BIDEN come ACROSS in person? – first person EXPERIENCE

HOW to HAVE an UNDEFEATED mind

How to STOP being perceived as SUBMISSIVE and START projecting YOURself with CONFIDENCE

GUIDE on WHEN to do FACE to Face versus VIDEO meetings, RE-visited

What’s the BEST facial EXPRESSION to ENTER with?

LEARN how NOT, to DAYDREAM

GET more speaking IMPACT with this DRILL

How to MAKE your VOICE sound FRESH & NEW

LEADERSHIP tips from former TWITTER MD

REQUIRED reading for LEADERS – E. Shackleton’s LESSONS

PM Morrison’s STATESMANLIKE presentation

LEARN from D. Pink’s ENERGY, CERTAINTY & dry HUMOUR

OWNING space – DON’T ‘GLUE’ your UPPER arms

DON’T walk away – LEADERSHIP communication when ATTACKED

B. Hartzer – what matters is what the ‘customer’ perceives

TONY Blair – BELIEVABILITY

Create QUESTIONS to enliven your CURIOUSITY

How DEEPLY do you UNDERSTAND your DOMAIN?

Why – “If ONLY I had SAID this” – is the WRONG strategy

DON’T Present LIKE Steve JOBS

The POWERful FUEL of RETELLING

GENERAL C. Powell’s BEST under-PRESSURE techniques

North Korean DEFECTOR Y. Park’s SPEAKING LESSON

LEARN from the IDEAL Orator – CICERO

M. Obama’s ORATORY revisited – Enthusiasm ‘SELLS’

‘MIRACLE on the Hudson’ SULLY’S daily deposit LESSON

TIP-of-the-TONGUE & how to HANDLE it

T. Friedman of NYT shows HOW to ‘OWN’ SPACE

FLAT, uninspiring, stilted FIRST SPEECH – A. Albanese

D. TRUMP & H. CLINTON debate analysis RE-VISITED

PM Morrison WINS first election DEBATE

U.S. President FDR on how to SIMPLIFY a MESSAGE

PM S. Morrison LOSING his COOL

DIGNITY – J. Gillard’s concession speech RE-VISITED

Why Obama LOOKED like a leader – and G.W. Bush didn’t

“What people say and do in the most innocent situations . . .

An analysis of Sam Stosur’s body language

Gold standard in short-form TV reporting / A. Kohler

The world is a monarchy, money is the king . . .

PowerPoint. Why you’re still abusing audiences with it, and what to do about it

Video of Russell Crowe – the voice that grips you

Gandhi’s example of what it takes to be a great communicator

Being ‘playful’ – video of one of the best, George Clooney

Video of Kevin Spacey – what audiences want to see

An body language analysis of a video of Marissa Mayer

Compairing the body language and speech of Trump, Clinton in 2016

Video clip of James Spader – Owner of scenes

Stillness – Why George Clooney became a move star

A video clip example of energy & certainty from IBM’s CEO.

10 sports metaphors to be a more memorable speaker

Link for Thomas Friedman clip

Video clip NYT Thomas Friedman’s Own the physical space masterclass

Body language and speech analysis of why Don Draper is so good

How I channeled Obama before a major media interview

An Olympic gymnast coach’s 4 step competition prep routine

Why Clinton scored 8 and Trump 7 in Debate Three

Barack Obama’s example of answering a tough a question

Why measured Clinton beat Trump on Debate Two

Tennis legend Andre Agassi’s resilience lesson for top performers explained

THE great speech from legendary adman Leo Burnett

Trump versus Clinton Debate One – Body language and speech analysis

Why I gave Scott Morrison’s presentation an 8/10

Learn from Stephen Colbert’s creative process

Here’s how you can learn from M Turnbull’s speaking example

Malcolm Turnbull’s example of projecting certainty

6 strategies to improve your skills from Anders Ericsson

Obama’s special speaking sauce exposed

A key behaviour that Premier Mike Baird shares with Barack Obama

Video of Obama’s 2015 State of the Union – analysis

Here is why Tony Blair was an eloquent speaker

The speaking trait the Barack Obama and John Kennedy share

This golfing tip will help you be a better leader and BDM

A winning strategy from entrepreneur Roy Thompson

Radio Broadcaster Angela Catterns, Voice Lesson 4

Radio Broadcaster Angela Catterns, Voice lesson 3

Radio Broacaster Angela Catterns, Voice lesson 2

Radio Broadcaster Angela Catterns, Voice lesson 1

Premier Bob Carr’s choice voice lesson 3

Premier Bob Carr’s choice voice lesson 2

How not to perform under pressure – An example from Clive Palmer

Premier Bob Carr’s choice voice lesson 1

Gridiron legend Lou Holtz on what make a leader

Why philospher learned from football

A great template for selecting the best prospective customers

President Frank Roosevelt shows how to simplify a message

Kevin Rudd’s body language reveals it’s all about him.

Rudd still the phony, in his final speech

Commanding Abbott beats Nervous Rudd

How Julia Gillard final speech as PM will be remembered – Dignity

Tony Abbott’s body language and 28 second silence clip explained

Colin Powell’s 15 Lessons on media handling

CEO wisdom distilled

Why tennis player Sam Stosur needs a new psychologist

K. Rudd’s final speech as PM part two. It’s still all about me.

Do you have this quality as senior executive leader?

A success strategy from Nobel Prize winner Albert Schweitzer

An example of playing the victim from Craig Thomson

How you can adapt luminary architect Renzo Piano’s design technique

Why Obama beat Romney – Debate three

Why Romeny beat Obama in debate number two

Why Romney won first debate with Obama

How Julia Gillard’s defensivesness prompted journalist attack

Lesson from Spencer Tracy – what does hands in the pocket convey.

An lesson on how to be believable from Craig Thomson

Anna Bligh and Campbell Newman’s body language rated

Comparison of Kevin Fud and Julia Gillard body language and speaking

Here’s a body language technique you can borrow from John Wayne

Basketball Legend’s three step process for behaviour change explained

A great hook from legendary Ad man David Ogilvy

Julia Gillard tears and Tony Abbott’s limited speaking explained

Why Obama still shines in state of the Union address

The ‘daily deposit’ lesson of ‘Miracle on the Hudson’s’ Sullenberger

How Mark Latham and Tony Abbott use their body language to intimidate

How J Gillard hope outpointed T Abbott larrikin in first debate

How Julia Gillard is like Margaret Thatcher

Julia Gillard’s body language analysed

Kevin Rudd’s final speech as PM, part one. His mask finally slipped

How Julia Gillard shined in her presentation in first PM interview.

Why Rudd won Health Debate with Abbott

Why Opposition leader Bill Shorten turns off his listeners

Robert F Kennedy 50% rule of being successful explained

Kevin Rudd’s ‘pre-cooked meal’ speaking explained

Why Malcolm Turnbull will find it hard to change his presentation

How Kevin Rudd’s body language defies his in control image

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