There's a dignified way to handle it that will showcase your self-possession, professionalism, and poise. Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” As any seasoned business person knows, making blunders, having missteps and being just plain wrong at times is part of the
Performance feedback helps, unless it makes things worse. Here are five times to skip giving feedback until you have a smarter strategy. Perhaps your company still engages in traditional annual performance reviews. Or maybe you have ditched the formalities for “just in time” feedback. Or possibly, you have come up with an innovative, novel way
5 practical strategies for managing public speaking anxiety. As someone who speaks internationally, I have a lot of experience working with professional interpreters. So when a LinkedIn connection recently asked his network to share their most important tips for working with interpreters, I was curious to see what responses he got. I was struck by
Presenting as a team can showcase your talent -- or make you look unprofessional and uncoordinated. Here's how to make a team presentation work for you. You might think that having two or three other colleagues to co-lead your presentation, pitch or proposal with can cut the preparation and practice down significantly for each of
Your business needs collaboration -- but not everyone's a team player. Here's how to get an uncooperative colleague on board. Henry Ford once said, “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” Nevertheless, not everyone in a company defines success as “working together,” nor is every team member interested in
How to use your next presentation to build personal and professional credibility If you’ve ever sat in the audience and listened to a speaker whom you didn’t trust, chances are you felt defensive, dismissive, or even insulted. You probably rolled your eyes, crossed your arms, bounced your leg and sent a range of body language
Most of us find ourselves in the intersection of wanting to win and wanting to get better. What I have found in my coaching work, my mom work, and my working on myself is that one way to get better is to compete against those in the field who are already better. When we can
“How many hours did you spend making these slides?” I asked my client Anika, a pharmaceuticals marketing director, two days before her big presentation. Her eyes glazed over as she took a sip of her (third) cup of coffee: “Too many to count,” she replied. “And how many times have you run through the delivery?”
As a professional speaker and facilitator for over 20 years, I’ve been introduced more than a thousand times, by countless meeting planners, conference organizers, and team leaders. Nevertheless, most of the introductions have fallen into one of four categories: Read the rest of the article
Aristotle once wrote: “The least deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.” When it comes to presenting to an audience, he’s right - you never want to lie to your listeners. Where I beg to differ with one of the greatest philosophers of all time is that when it comes to managing your
