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15 Tips for Powerful Public Speaking

15 Tips for Powerful Public SpeakingnnIt is a well known fact that, when Americans are surveyed about what makes them afraid, their number one fear is public speaking. Over the years I’ve heard so many people say, “I’d rather die than get up there in front of a crowd” that the graveyards must be at least half full of people who fell on their letter openers rather than give a talk.nnI started my public speaking career at age fourteen, when the local rad

July 19, 2007

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Mannerisms

MannerismsnBy Doug HickoknnSometimes when I do trainings for managers, one of the exercises I have them do is write down one thing that someone does at work that drives them nuts. I thought I would share some of those things with you today.nnâHe repeats things over and over and over again!â says one comment card. (Speaking of which, how many âover and over and overâsâ do we need here??) This is a good reminder that hitting the nail once is usually quite enough.nnâ

July 19, 2007

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I Don't Know (and that's OK!)

Coaching is the art of creating an environment, through ongoing conversation, that allows my clients to define and achieve their goals in the most fulfilling manner possible. As a coach, my most potent tool is the question.nnPeople usually come to coaching with many versions of a core theme: “What I’m doing now isn’t working, and I want to do something else.” And because they have been around and around the racetrack of their own habitual thought patte

April 26, 2007