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Finding a motivational speaker for your eventĀ
In my role as a keynote speaker at conferences and events, Iāve witnessed the good, bad and ugly when it comes to motivational speakers. Some speakers add great value, enhancing the prestige of your event and creating a memorable experience for your audience. Others...
What is Authentic Leadership?Ā
In recent years authentic leadership has become a buzzword, but what does it mean to be an authentic leader? The desire to be true to ourselves and to have meaningful human connection long predates authenticity becoming part of organisational vernacular. Being an...
How to improve your Presentation Skills
Effective presentations are engaging, well-structured, interesting, concise, and most importantly persuasive. Effective presenters are professional, exhibit positive enthusiasm, and have a presence. Thatās the theory, the reality is that the thought of delivering a...
Interview Skills ā The Essentials
You havenāt done an interview in ages and your interview nerves are taking over. You fear walking into the interview room and facing the hiring manager. You are going for your first job. You feel you are the best candidate but want to enhance your communication...
Redefining Work Life Balance
Over the last 15 months, weāve experienced a revolution when it comes to work life balance. No longer do we have the physical environment as a distinguishing factor to help us separate our lives into different modes. Technology had blurred the traditional work and...
Why Iām Pressing Pause
After several weeks of contemplation, Iāve made the decision to press pause in a number of areas in my life including my business. Iāve had to put my hand up and admit I need a rest. So Iām embarking on what Iām calling a practical sabbatical. Truth be told Iām simply...
Managing Stress
A version of this article on managing stress appeared in the very first edition of my ezine. To mark the 200th edition of Next Steps, Iām sharing it again. Itās as relevant now as it was back in January 2005. Life and work are more stressful today than ever....
Email Marketing – lessons learned
Having published an online newsletter every month for 17 years, Iāve learned a thing or two about email marketing. If you are pondering using an ezine or blog to connect with your database, let me share some lessons Iāve learned from publishing 200 editions of my...
Next Steps 200th Edition
I find it hard to believe that the first edition of my monthly community ezine āNext Stepsā was published back in January 2005. Some early hardcopy editions (which can be seen in the above photo) go back to May 2004. Two hundred months later itās still going...
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