Powerful Presenting For Leaders

When David asks audiences if they like honesty, everyone puts their hand up. When asked about brutal honesty, 20% keep their hand up. When asked about rip your chest open and bare your soul honesty, …

Everyone wants to move forward in life but very few like being put on the spot and challenged. As a leader, you are in the incredibly privileged position of being able to help people achieve signific…

Would you cross a river filled with crocodiles? Of course not.

What if your child was sat on the bank on the other side about to get snaffled by a hungry croc?

Success is often no more than finding o…

You need to start every presentation like a greyhound coming out of the traps with its testicles on fire. There's a picture for you. A slow start will lose the attention of your audience and once the…

Presentations are like cars.

At one end of the spectrum is a 200,000 mile Ford Fiesta covered in panels painted every colour of the rainbow. At the other is a sparkling Lamborghini supercar with pain…

The benefits of improving our ability to present may be as obvious as the spots on a dalmatian dog but actually, they are unique to every single person and definitely unique to each presentation.

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Too many leaders avoid humour when they present. Partly because they don't think they are funny but also because they understand that there is a fine line between setting your talk on fire with great…

David was a very good Boy Scout and still is! When it comes to speaking anyway as he lives by the Scout motto of 'Be Prepared'.

However, on occasions he has been caught out by winging out. In this ep…

This unusual episode broadcasts David's interview with Chris Stanford, MD of Arden Wood Shavings.

Chris was present at a session David did on presentation skills. He went away and applied it word for…

The thing that frustrates David the most is that 80% of all presenters have simple bad habits that would immediately catapult them into the top 20% if they got rid of them.

In this episode, David goe…

Remember this one devastating piece of information:

Audiences remember just 5% of statistics but a genuinely shocking 63% of stories.

Stories are not there to keep the audience entertained (which is …

David has a coaching speaking client who is a Managing Director and a global leader in her field. He is preparing her for one of the biggest talks of her career.

The temptation for almost all leaders…

The beauty of getting older is you get to live a life you never knew existed. The beauty of improving your presentation skills is you get to enjoy presenting in a way you never knew existed.

In this …

David did a recent talk and someone posted online that he was not likeable or personable. Well, that would be rude if it wasn't true. But it was true for that individual so it was valuable feedback.

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Speaking is a live event. Stuff happens. At a recent speaking gig, David had to dodge a number of potential landmines.

In this episode, David explains how it is really important to control your speak…

Nerves are always up there as a big issue for anyone who has to get up and present and so it is no surprise that David is constantly asked if he still gets nervous.

In this episode, David explains ho…

David was reading a motivational quote on the walls of a gym that said 'The only bad workout is the one that you didn't do.'

This is bullshit. A bad workout can set bad habits. Bad habits can injure …

Too many leaders leave the organisation of their own events to their team then get surprised when things are not exactly right. Whilst delegating is essential in business, when you are up at the fron…

David received the most astonishing e-mail from a former delegate and immediately set off to interview him. This is that interview.

In this episode, David relates the part of the interview of Chris s…

It is easy to get caught up in a current situation and not focus on the level above.  

But as an aspiring leader, it is important to do both with your presentation skills - develop them for your curr…