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Finding a motivational speaker for your eventĀ 

Finding a motivational speaker for your eventĀ 

In my role as a keynote speaker at conferences and events, Iā€™ve 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...

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What is Authentic Leadership?Ā 

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...

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How to improve your Presentation Skills

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. Thatā€™s the theory, the reality is that the thought of delivering a...

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Interview Skills ā€“ The Essentials

Interview Skills ā€“ The Essentials

You havenā€™t 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...

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Redefining Work Life Balance

Redefining Work Life Balance

Over the last 15 months, weā€™ve 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...

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Why Iā€™m Pressing Pause

Why Iā€™m Pressing Pause

After several weeks of contemplation, Iā€™ve made the decision to press pause in a number of areas in my life including my business. Iā€™ve had to put my hand up and admit I need a rest. So Iā€™m embarking on what Iā€™m calling a practical sabbatical. Truth be told Iā€™m simply...

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Managing Stress

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, Iā€™m sharing it again. Itā€™s as relevant now as it was back in January 2005.   Life and work are more stressful today than ever....

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Email Marketing – lessons learned

Email Marketing – lessons learned

Having published an online newsletter every month for 17 years, Iā€™ve 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 Iā€™ve learned from publishing 200 editions of my...

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Next Steps 200th Edition

Next Steps 200th Edition

  I find it hard to believe that the first edition of my monthly community ezine ā€˜Next 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 itā€™s still going...

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