Powerful Presenting For Leaders

David was ill over Xmas and had to cancel everything. His mate reframed it by saying that Xmas was just a refence point and he could see all the people at some other time over the coming weeks.

David was not happy with this.

It was at this point that he realised that the barrier to managing being ill at Xmas was him.

In this episode, David talks about how we can all improve our chances of success in 2023 if we learn to discover what is within us that is holding us back.

David recently got asked to do somethng unusual - rewrite someone's LinkedIn profile.

In this episode, he shares how this came about through a presentation skills coaching class he delivered and how, by applying the same principles to writing as speaking, every leader can dramatically improve their communication across both mediums.

David recently did a coaching session with a client who said his boss did not treat him with the respect he deserved. But this client turned up late to see David and didn't apologise.

Almost every leader gets to achieve their dreams because of the dream makers in their team but not if they think they are being treated as 'lower' than them.

In this episode, David explains thow this deeply damaging attitude almost certainly drips into the way that leaders talk to their colleagues and how Quiet Quitting and all its problems can be the corrosive outcome.

Speakers should never be repeaters. Churning out the same old stuff every time is stale for audiences and for you.

David recently used a brand new start for an important talk at the National Sales Conference. He took a big risk as he had no idea if it would land. In this episode, he explains what he did and if it worked or not.

As a leader, you already understand that success is based on trying something new.

It is about getting comfortable with being uncomfortable. Otherwise, you are just a hamster on a wheel going round and round doing the same old thing.

That hasn't got you where you are.

Yet, when it comes to speaking, a surprising number of leaders are too cautious, scared to try anything new.

In this episode, David explains why this is a highly flawed approach and that trying and failing is the ONLY way to become a presentation rockstar.

As a leader, you already understand that success is based on trying something new.

It is about getting comfortable with being uncomfortable. Otherwise, you are just a hamster on a wheel going round and round doing the same old thing.

That hasn't got you where you are.

Yet, when it comes to speaking, a surprising number of leaders are too cautious, scared to try anything new.

In this episode, David explains why this is a highly flawed approach and that trying and failing is the ONLY way to become a presentation rockstar.

YouTube research shows that the most successful channels are those where people are chatting on the video like you are the only one watching.

Yet, most videos online are done in a style by people as if they are presenting on TV.

In this episode, David goes through the key elements to make sure that you don't come across as contrived or even worse, insincere.

David has just done the same talk 44 times in 9 consecutive working days to 10,000 students in 9 different schools in the UK.

The #1 question he got asked every single day was "How do you keep it fresh when delivering the same talk over and over again?"

In this episode, David explains how to INCREASE the impact the more you do the same talk and how to manage yourself in front of the most difficult audience of all - schoolkids!

When you present externally, you are the best one in the room. If you weren't, someone else would be standing at the front. So act like it.

Make sure you get the exact speaking circumstances that you need to make the highest impact you can.

In this episode, David shares how he told The Oprah Winfrey Show that they had to meet his demands if he was to go on the show. And how, just last week, he was prepared to walk away from a speaking engagement if they didn't allow him to speak when he wanted to.

When you present externally, you are the best one in the room. If you weren't, someone else would be standing at the front. So act like it.

Make sure you get the exact speaking circumstances that you need to make the highest impact you can.

In this episode, David shares how he told The Oprah Winfrey Show that they had to meet his demands if he was to go on the show. And how, just last week, he was prepared to walk away from a speaking engagement if they didn't allow him to speak when he wanted to.