Posts Tagged ‘business consulting’
Space Ownership in Public Speaking
Creating the space is a fundamental must before you start speaking. For a speaker, space has everything to do with arriving, and ensuring the audience arrives. You must be present to them and they to you. You are fully there in that space, owning that space. When I use the words “creating the space,” what…
Read MoreHow to Motivate Your Audience to Accept Help
The link below will take you to a teleconference podcast recording of my recent guest appearance. https://prestigeleader.com/podcasts/ Here, I was interviewed by online host, Steve Borek, along with a group of coaches in the audience on the subject of “How to Motivate your Audience to Your Call to Action” In this presentation I cover my…
Read MoreHow Powerful is Story Telling in Public Speaking?
Want to drive a point home with impact? Tell a story! Want to hit the target on the message you want your audience to remember and act on? Tell a story! Telling your story involves your audience and engages them on the journey you are painting for them. Even better, you now have the opportunity…
Read MoreRichard Branson’s 5 Guidelines to Building a Better Business
After reading Richard Branson’s article below, I felt compelled to forward this on to you so that you may understand the focused simplicty of what this very successful business icon perceives as the correct direction of the business building compass. All 5 are valuable and do-able. I especially like point 5, where he urges the…
Read MoreTwo Major Musts in Effective Leadership
Successful leaders demonstrate skill at predicting and estimating. You may not often read about these 2 skills used in conjunction with leadership. However, they are keys in executing any plan. Executives execute. Thus, you get the similarity in derivation and word usage. A plan takes execution to bring about the accomplished end result. Leadership must…
Read MoreWhat’s All The Fuss About Body Language !
Body Language can be overrated as public speaking subject matter. I do understand that there are gestures and mannersims that convey negative and positive messages. So I do not underestimate that it is valuable. However, I consider that there is one body language type that is the most important physical trait in communication and it…
Read MoreMy Coaching Approach: The Power of Simplicity
For more than 30 plus years coaching professionals and leaders in the artful science of effective speaking, I have been asked about what makes my coaching methods as effective as they are. I‘ve determined that the most essential ingredient necessary to creating a dynamic and impact speech or presentation is the most powerfully simple and…
Read MoreEthics Blind Spots on Your Team?
Ignore the subject or value of Ethics in your company or team and you will put yourself and your company in peril. We come across many words to describe acceptable behavior or actions in business and in life. We hear words like “accountability” or “responsibility” or “claiming ownership” for your area of influence. For some,…
Read MoreThe Language of Leadership is Served by Effective Communication
Leadership has a language. It’s core value ingredients consist of many of the qualities worth striving for and acquiring in life: Courage, Decisiveness, Strategic focus, Accountability and Sanity to name a few. But the driving force that connects these leadership qualities from oneself to the world… is communication. A competent, productive leader must know how…
Read MoreEnding Your Speech with Strength and Inspiration
A Public Speaking & Effective Presentation Article By Leadership & Speaker Coach Joe Yazbeck The conclusion is the most valuable, compelling and engaging part of your speech. Your conclusion must create positive anticipation and be crafted into a build-up so that it’s vividly memorable. It is in the conclusion that you are motivating your audience to…
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