Multitasking Makes You Dumb: 5 Tips to Improve Your Focus
Multitasking came up as a topic yesterday. I was leading a group of Managing Directors through my virtual program Presenting with Telepresence and was encouraging them to get mentally present. The Myth of Multitasking Being in-the-moment is [...]
If You Don’t Go After What You Want, You’ll Never Get It
The author Nora Roberts has written: “If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re [...]
How to Manage Q&A like a Pro
Over the years I’ve seen great presentations fall apart—both online and in person—because the speaker hadn’t thought ahead about how to handle Q&A. Here are four tips that will help you shine during [...]
How to Improve Your Telepresence
Whether you are working from home, or leading a remote team, your executive presence is going to be judged through a computer screen. To give you an edge, let’s unpack what makes for [...]
How to Run an Effective Virtual Meeting
A friend of mine called yesterday to complain about the way his boss runs the weekly staff meeting. “He tells us to use the chat box to send him questions, then he never [...]
How to Keep Your Audience Engaged When Presenting Online
It's 4:00 pm. You’re the last presenter of a two-hour long agenda. Everyone is working remotely. How in the world are you going to get people engaged with your material? Here are a [...]
How to Network at a Virtual Summit?
A client recently emailed me with this predicament: "I accepted a speaking gig for the networking opportunities before Covid-19 and #WFH. The event is now virtual. How in the world am I going [...]
Best Practice Actually Isn’t Best
One common business phrase I hear a lot is: Best Practice. I find ‘best’ an unproductive notion. (Ironically, it’s tossed around to help increase productivity.) When I ask clients if they want their [...]
Zoom Fatigue
What can I do about Zoom/Video Fatigue? Here are three rather simple tips to help combat Zoom/Video fatigue Eyestrain and the 20-20-20 Rule Perhaps the first thing to address is not: what-to-do-about-Zoom-fatigue, but [...]
Time to Brush Up Your LinkedIn Profile & Resume
It's the 2nd month of the Covid-19 Pandemic. The economy is reshaping itself as I type this. Whether you love your current job, or have been furloughed, during uncertain times it's always a [...]
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