Jul 30, 2021

Chris Voss is a Masterclass presenter and former FBI negotiator. David heard an interview with him and the guy had some very interesting approaches to managing situations that are highly counter intuitive but has the experience to back up having implemented them at the highest level (think state terrorism hijacking...

Jul 23, 2021

When a challenger arrives to tell us how shit we are at something, everyone's instinct is to tell them to get stuffed. Or get defensive and justify our actions.

But neither of the above are the right course of action if we want to realise our true potential.

In this episode, David explains how someone properly pissed...

Jul 16, 2021

As a leader, you are used to facing one way in your organisation and everyone else facing the other. You are the boss, the big cheese.

It is the same in speaking whether it is an internal or external presentation.

The fact that you are the best in the room is not in doubt. That is why you are speaking and everyone else...

Jul 9, 2021

David recently read an interview with a former head of Toastmasters who was also a former speaking World Champion. In it, he said that erms and ahs SHOULD be in presentations and that getting rid of them is a bad thing.

In this episode, David explains why this guy was totally wrong and goes even further, saying why it...

Jul 2, 2021

Audiences love to be part of your presentation and a great way to include them is by asking questions.

But managing an audience is also like herding cats. Asking them a question will lead to them potentially chatting amongst themselves or even worse, shouting out something really inappropriate that knocks you off...