5 Tips to Help You Structure your Talk and Slides

Overcoming Presentation Challenges Part 3 (of 3): Structuring your Talk (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) In this third and final article on the topic of presentation challenges, I am turning my attention to how to structure your slides and your talk for maximum impact. The first article was […]

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5 Tips to Help You Present with Confidence

Overcoming Presentation Challenges Part 2 (of 3): Delivering Confidently (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) In this second article, I am continuing to focus on presentation challenges. The first article was concerned with overcoming presentation jitters by understanding the three sources of presentation anxiety. If you missed it, you […]

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The 3 Main Reasons We Get Nervous when Presenting

Overcoming Presentation Challenges Part 1 (of 3): Presentation Jitters (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) In this article, I am turning my attention to presentations. Presentations have become part and parcel of corporate life, especially in larger organisations and I have noticed that, while a lot of time and […]

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The 3 Fundamental Do’s of Successful Delegation

Finally Being Able to Effectively Delegate! (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) In this article, I am turning my attention to the art of delegation. But before we go any further, let me encourage you to see how well you currently delegate by taking this fun but informative self-quiz! […]

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The 3 Main Ingredients of Effective Listening

Knowing how to Listen is Key to Gaining Influence in the Workplace (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) In this article, I thought I would discuss 3 core principles for effective listening. But first, let’s answer this: why bother listening? 1. When you listen, you learn. If you assume […]

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The Top 3 Tips to Showcase your Value

The Art of “Ethical Bragging” (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) In this third and last article on feedback, let me shift my perspective from the manager’s and how to give helpful feedback to the recipient and how to receive feedback constructively as well as make sure that your […]

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The Top 3 Mistakes Managers Make When Giving Feedback

The Pitfalls of Giving Feedback (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) Mistake #1: sugar-coating negative feedback (or the ‘Oreo Cookie’ problem) In the preceding article, I mentioned the importance of setting the scene. One way to get off to a good start is by making a positive comment even […]

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8 Steps to Giving Really Constructive Feedback

A Feedback Conversation Unpacked (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) left to Christmas. At the firms I worked at, by now, the annual performance appraisal process was in full gear so in my last three articles for 2011, I will focus on giving and receiving feedback. In this first […]

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Beating Drudgery and Dejection Part 2

How Practicing Choice and Gratitude will Help you Stay Motivated (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) In the preceding article, I was discussing Drudgery at work and its boon companion Dejection. With Drudgery, all sense of fun is lost and with Dejection motivation goes out the window. I gave […]

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Beating Drudgery and Dejection Part 1

Keeping your Spirits Up in the face of Adversity with some ‘What’ Questions (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) The other day, a friend wrote me: “I am in a phase of life where everything is just plain drudgery, heavy annoyance and pain internally.…we are all struggling massively….” Does […]

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Career Acceleration in Times of Challenge

Interview with Rob Brown, Founder of Business Building for Bankers I am delighted to share with you the interview which I recorded with Rob Brown of Business Building for Bankers. Rob helps banking professionals increase their influence and win more business. One of the ways Rob does that is by making available to them a vast […]

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5 Gear Shifts to Accelerate your Career!

Welcome to a special edition of “Career Acceleration” tips where I would like to tell you about what I truly believe is a ground-breaking career package which I have just put together for you. It’s called the “Career Acceleration Jumpstart Kit”! (click below to view the video or read on if you’d prefer!) The Kit […]

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