Using DISC in your business can assist you in improving the productivity of your team. In doing so, it’s important to understand what DISC is and why you’d benefit from using it.
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End of year celebrations – are you ready?
Will you be thanking your team for all of their hard work at your end-of-year celebrations? How does the thought of having to speak in front of your peers make you feel?
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Breathing & using your voice effectively
Breathing is something that we all take for granted. Yet how well do we utilise the ‘breath’?
Read MoreIs it that time of the year for you?
Now is the season to plan, plan, plan. Yet deadlines still need to be met, clients still need to be attended to and the year is quickly coming to a close … This time of the year can become very stressful for many people. High stress levels can result in tense situations which can have an impact on your communication style.
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Leadership lessons learnt whilst sitting in a boat
Have you ever achieved a dream that you’d never thought possible? In 2009, I competed at the National Championships for Dragon Boat racing – a sport that I’d only taken up in mid 2008. It was something that I’d never thought possible. I took away some valuable lessons from this experience which can also be applied to our working lives.
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Emails: pleasure or pain?
Have you ever received an email that gave you the impression the sender had not thought about or checked what they had written? Emails are just as important as any other form of business correspondence so the same standards should apply to your writing.
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Which word?
Have you ever read a document that was full of incorrectly used words? What impression did it give you of the writer?
Read MoreHow to work out the timing for a presentation
Sometimes it can be difficult to decide how much time should be allocated to the opening, body and close of a presentation.
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What’s your WOW factor?
It only takes 3 seconds to form a first impression of someone. So it’s important to make a good first impression. The same is true when we give a presentation. Our opening should capture our audience’s attention. We want them to think ‘WOW, this is someone worth listening to!’
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A roadmap for the body of a presentation
Having to work through the maze of information in what is often a limited timeframe requires strategies that will ultimately save time and ensure that all essential points are covered.
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Where to begin when preparing a presentation?
Have you ever felt like you’re working through a maze of information when having to develop a presentation? This can make the whole process an overwhelming experience. There are a number of key questions to consider when preparing your presentation.
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Are your thoughts quaquaversal?
Have you ever been to a presentation where the speaker used obscure words? As a result, you focused mainly on those words trying to work out their meaning.
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