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Pitching and presenting can be a nerve wracking business.
The very best and most dynamic leaders in industry, performers, even rock stars admit to suffering from nerves when they are in the spotlight.
And its not really surprising you’re nervous – you’re in a heightened situation where you’re asking people to focus their attention entirely on what you’re saying or doing.
How will you be judged by your audience, team, boss, organization, or perhaps an even wider audience? Read more
In this great Ted talk by Shawn Achor entitled The Happy Secret to Better Work he is not only giving an example of a brilliant presentation (some great ideas to steal here!) but also, eloquently and sometimes hilariously, he outlines why it’s a good idea to think positively about life and work.
So, he tells us, in days gone by his little sister fell awkwardly onto her hands and knees from the top bunk. To distract her from her pain he pointed out that she looked like a unicorn and, indeed, probably was one.
He quickly looked for and saw the positive in the situation and she was happy.
And happiness, it seems, like the unicorn has a magic of its own. Surprisingly, it supercedes IQ as a key ingredient to being an effective and successful person.
This is why in all our training programmes we try to focus on working with peoples’ strengths… and it’s not always easy. Read more
So, at last, Kate Speaks!
What’s the verdict? Any feedback for her?
The Duchess of Cambridge makes her first public speech on her own. With the world’s press hanging not only on what she looks like but, now, on the words she utters, and indeed how she utters them. She only gets one stab at this. No pressure there then…
Bearing in mind this is something she’s going to have to do a lot more of, what would be most helpful to Kate as she progresses along the rocky road of presentations and public speaking?
Do we criticise or do we praise?
Have a look and see how you think she’s doing……honestly….
Whatever your thoughts, there are some things that work well and others that don’t work so well.
The thing is, what will be useful to her to hear? Read more