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How NOT to approach someone, first impressions and the art of communication
Networking events can be a valuable occasion to increase our connections and leverage our personal brand, or a devastating anti-marketing strategy that will only make us look bad and make others less likely to do business with us. Like anything in life, it depends on...
How to deal with “competitive speaking” and have a voice at the table.
We’ve all been through this. And it’s perhaps more common than we realize. It makes our conversations less balanced and counterproductive. This might even be the fuse for lots of our daily disagreements and misunderstandings at our workplace. I’m talking...
How NOT to approach someone, first impressions and the art of communication
Networking events can be a valuable occasion to increase our connections and leverage our personal brand, or a devastating anti-marketing strategy that will only make us look bad and make others less likely to do business with us. Like anything in life, it depends on...
How to deal with “competitive speaking” and have a voice at the table.
We’ve all been through this. And it’s perhaps more common than we realize. It makes our conversations less balanced and counterproductive. This might even be the fuse for lots of our daily disagreements and misunderstandings at our workplace. I’m talking...
How to let your personality play a role in your presentations
“Give yourself permission to bring more of you to the table. It’s not really content that engages. It’s people. Human beings are engaged by other human beings” - Tony Bulmer. People often rely on content and visual resources in order to deliver a great presentation....
Learning English as a second language does not guarantee your success in business
Knowing the words to say, or at least a good number of them is only one part of the solution. Being able to say the words in a way that you are understood by someone else (as opposed to just making sense to yourself) can be a significantly bigger challenge. Further,...
Businesses are now playing like football teams
Firstly, I must confess I know more about the 2 rugby codes than other football codes, so please humour me. Years ago, positions and the role played by people in those positions were truly defined and distinguished from each other. Front rowers weren’t expected to...
A lot of leaders are talking, but who is really listening?
Certainly, many of our political leaders (on all sides of the fence) are not being heard. Why you might ask? Well, arguably they’ve lost the ability to engage. Do they truly think that answering a question from a journalist with an answer that actually doesn’t answer...