Overall, fear of public speaking is America's biggest phobia - 25.3 percent say they fear speaking in front of a crowd. Clowns (7.6 percent feared) are officially scarier than ghosts (7.3 percent), but zombies are scarier than both (8.9 percent).
What makes a good listener? Most people think is comes down to three components: not interrupting the speaker, following along with facial expressions, and being able to repeat back almost verbatim what the speaker has just said.
Research shows that the correlation between education level and job performance is weak, and that intelligence scores are a much better indicator of job potential.
For more than 30 years, the TED conference series has presented enlightening talks that people enjoy watching. In this article, TED’s curator, shares five keys to great presentations
Why do we find video calls so draining? In part, it’s because they force us to focus more intently on conversations in order to absorb information.
A hybrid mix of in-person attendees and remote meeting participants seems an inevitable component of our ‘new normal’.
To help you and your negotiating partners to succeed, it is important to recognise why face matters.
3 Tips for when to speak up in a virtual meeting, and 3 warnings for when to hold back.
The Covod-19 pandemic changed the way you should negotiate. Critically, today’s negotiators also need to use on-line tools effectively to take advantage of this moment.
Meetings help establish & promote consensus, serve as a focal point for collective business drive and energy; and can lead to real gains for companies. It’s time to develop your meetings skills using these strategies
Developing your elevator pitch is a powerful & influential tool that helps clearly explain a complex idea
To make virtual meetings work, you might need to adjust how your team conducts them.
A great speaker can condense decades of experience into a presentation that lasts no longer than 18 minutes. It’s a tactic you must master to become a great communicator.
The best speakers make presentations look effortless precisely because they put so much effort into perfecting their delivery.
No one likes job hunting. Scouring through online jobs boards, updating your resume, prepping for gruelling interviews — none of it is fun. But perhaps the most challenging part of the process is writing an effective cover letter.
The key to calming your nerves and disarming your organic panic button is to turn the focus away from yourself — away from whether you will mess up or whether the audience will like you — and toward helping the audience.
Research shows that adults make eye contact 30 to 60 percent of the time in a conversation, but experts say that people should actually be making eye contact 60 to 70 percent of the time if they are hoping to get anything out of it.
There’s now a science to the art of a deal, with decades of evidence on what separates great negotiators from their peers. Being a giver may actually be a sign of intelligence.
Have you ever been talking about something relatively complex and have seen practically the moment that your audience checked out. Not only is it uncomfortable but it’s also disheartening when what you’re saying is important, cool or valuable to the
Most leaders already know they have to be better listeners – they’ve read the articles and seen the research. Learning to “hear offers” like an improviser can turn obstacles into opportunities.
Your audience is overwhelmed with data, numbers and statistics in their daily lives. When they’re watching your presentations they certainly don’t want to be bombarded by another barrage of data.
We all know people who talk with their hands. Turns out there’s quite a bit of research around the relationship between language and gestures.
Good leaders communicate effectively because they do three specific things well in an ongoing cycle which gets progressively more focussed and more targeted over time.
70% of organisational transformations fail. Jayme de Lima suggests failure occurs because the organisation never wins its employees commitment.
For Peter Guber, what began as a knack for telling stories as one of the world's leading entertainment executives has evolved into a set of principles that anyone can use to achieve their goals.
The art of getting what you want. Persuasion is the art and science of getting exactly what you want. In its highest form, you use persuasive techniques to position yourself as an expert and to help other people get what they want.
Retailers need to target customers with the right deal at the right time, here’s how to nail the “next best offer.”
Since my tips to improve your writing in two minutes were so popular, I thought I’d share some similar tips to improve your next conversation.
A growing body of research shows the snap judgements people make about others’ trustworthiness are wrong more often than most people think.
Official Policy in the UK & US – unlike in many other countries – is never to make concessions to kidnappers. Those taken sometimes die as a result. Is it time to rethink?
A salary negotiation is a collaboration, and a key ingredient of collaboration is good communication. It’s important to be very clear with what you communicate.
The best way to create a persuasive leadership moment is to become the audience’s focal point. Audiences that divide their attention will only be able to partially commit to you.
Welcome to the world of stagefright! You are not alone if you have had this experience. Almost everybody has. Luckily, researchers in communication & psychology have identified several strategies that can help you overcome your nervousness.
For many years now, “win-win” has been held up as the ideal to aim for in any negotiation. Why? Probably because it has always been considered to be the fairest way to do business.
How effective are you at persuading audiences to see things your way? If you fail to speak visually, chances are the answer is “not very”.
