Have you picked up your bottle of Natural Confidence lately? Wouldn’t that make leadership, presentation, taking risks and stepping beyond our comfort zones so much easier? Since confidence isn’t on the shelf at your local CVS, I’ll offer you a No-Cost alternative! What YOU feel is what THEY see. This premise, from social scientist Amy Cuddy’s research on …
3 Ways to Command a Room and Claim Your Space
Jackie is a lead engineer who also happens to be 5’2” and petite. I watch as she gives a presentation to her colleagues. Her goal: to negotiate a procedural change between departments. And so far she is doing great. She engages her audience, listens to their ideas and input – a brilliant negotiation strategy. But before she even started …
A Secret to Public Speaking AND A Sneak Peek of Our Speaker’s Learning Lab
Did you read Wild by Cheryl Strayed? Perhaps you saw the recent movie adaptation starring Reese Witherspoon. Wild documents the story of Strayed’s 1,100 mile solo hike along the Pacific Coast Trail. In her memoir about this journey of endless challenges and confronting her strength inside and out, Strayed fondly refers to her overly packed and burdensome backpack as “Monster.” It’s big, heavy, and…well…a …