Don't make this common mistake when you begin a presentation, workshop or meeting. 🛑

When is your audience most cynical? At the beginning of a presentation or workshop or the end? 🤨
When are you the most nervous? At the beginning of the presentation or the end? 😰

Personal Development, Business, Professional Development, Productivity, MarketingDan KussMay 15, 2024Dan Kuss + Strengths Academyactivity, wellbeing, presentation, faciliate, facilitation, present, workshop, business, sales, marketingComment

Reading from the slides is presentation suicide.

Let’s be honest, there are times when perhaps we all need to read a little from a slide. The content might be technical, or you might be paraphrasing. But, in general, we should keep it to a minimum. Let’s explore why we do and what to do about it.

Personal Development, Business, Professional Development, Productivity, MarketingDan KussMay 6, 2024Dan Kuss + Strengths Academyactivity, wellbeing, presentation, faciliate, facilitation, present, workshop, business, sales, marketingComment

What if your audience loses interest?

Two really important questions that we need to start with:
1. Why would your audience lose interest?
2. How do you know they’ve lost interest? What are signs?

Personal Development, Business, Professional Development, Productivity, MarketingDan KussApril 26, 2024Dan Kuss + Strengths Academyactivity, wellbeing, presentation, faciliate, facilitation, present, workshop, business, sales, marketingComment

How to be more focused.

Do you struggle to focus on a task? Do you get distracted easily? Do you procrastinate, and find other things to do? You’re not alone! We all have things on our list that we don’t want to do.

Productivity, Strengths, Strengthsbased DevelopmenDan KussDecember 16, 2020Focus, Talent, Strengths, Distraction, Procrastination, Gettingthingsdone, strengthsacademy, productivity, staringoutthewindowComment

13%

Currently, only 13% of employees across 142 countries worldwide are actively engaged in their jobs.

Personal Development, Productivity, Professional Development, StrengthsDan KussFebruary 25, 2020strengths, engaged at work, workplace, talent, disengagement, culture, workplace culture, teamwork, team success, clifton strengthsComment

You can’t read the label from inside the jar – Mountain Lesson No. 40

If you’re working long hours, not making enough money, struggling to switch off after work and feeling like you need help, you’re not alone. The thing is… it cant go on like this.

I must not tell you what you want to hear – Mountain Lesson No. 36

I must not tell you what you want to hear.
“Okay dude, what's it worth to you to actually get this? What's the outcome that you want? Why is it so important and are you actually prepared to do what it takes or not?!%$*&!”