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Are you predator or prey? How to raise your personal impact when facing senior colleagues or the board

What happens when you are in the hotspot and facing senior colleagues or the Board?

Do you quail and tremble before the eagle eyed stare of your superiors or do you hold your own and inspire respect and admiration?

If you’re not having the personal impact you want how can you raise your game?

Remember, there’s always another point of view and it’s worth asking yourself what’s going on for those eagles…

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Motivation: Why paying people can sometimes be demotivating…why will you work your socks off?

How does motivation work? What does it take to get you to go the extra mile? Is it a social or market transaction that presses your buttons?

Here’s a fascinating video and excerpt from Dan Ariely’s  book, Predictably Irrational (Barnes and Noble).

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Making your PowerPoint slides come to life in presentation – Auntie Enid and the camel…

How do you use PowerPoint effectively in a presentation?

Liz McKechnie looks at how you can make your PowerPoint slides interesting for yourself and other people.

What’s the story? And how do you keep people awake, engaged, and remembering the info?

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