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? 😰
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.
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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?
The truth is, you can’t.
However, there are several strategies you can use to minimise their reasons for doing so.
What gives you joy at work? Do you know?
I was thinking about this last week. What gives me joy in my work, and do people get to create joy in their work?
The statistics right now around engagement and quiet quitting are quite alarming. 67% of the workforce doesn't really want to be there. They're not engaged. A more alarming 11% of the workforce is loud quitting–they are actively disengaged and causing trouble in the workplace. What a shame. So, I had an idea–to share a bunch of ideas about how to find joy in your work and enjoy your work more.
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I often get asked how to handle a weakness which is maybe a strength of someone else's. And on the flip side, how to handle a strength that might be someone else's weakness.
There a few things we can do. Join me as we explore being gentle and the concept of the WIN/WIN.
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What’s your superpower?
Statistically, you don’t know what your strengths are – you take them for granted. You just do what you do. You’ve got this far, knowing what you know, with a mix of ambition, hope, skill and that feeling deep down that you can’t afford to quit. You cant turn around and go back.
Imagine if things were easier…
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Do you sometimes feel like heavy grey clouds are following you around and you just want to explode? Maybe you want to break down and cry or lash out at someone, or something.
Here’s five steps to diffusing the moment.
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Our lives tend to follow us around. Our talents and strengths follow us around, too. Those things that we do naturally well just keep showing up in what we do.
So how can we do what we love and do more of it? We explore five key steps that we work through with our clients.
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How often are you checking in with your teams at work, at home and remotely to see how they are going?
With over 40% of the workforce working remotely, people are feeling isolated and ignored. This is when leaders need to really step up and lead, not just manage.
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Currently, only 13% of employees across 142 countries worldwide are actively engaged in their jobs.
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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.
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“Any road will get you there, if you don’t know where you are going” Lewis Carroll.
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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?!%$*&!”
