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How to handle difficult questions.
You’ve just finished your presentation and come to the part you silently dread: Q&A. You don’t mind the questions but what if someone throws you a curveball? The Challenge In your professional life you’ll encounter difficult questions and conversations all the...
Three lessons from my coaching clients.
One of my coaching clients told me he feels overwhelmed by all the work on his to do list. The tasks just keep piling up and he dreads going to work on a Monday because there is never enough time to get everything done. So we sat down, talked through his list and...
Put your technical skills to the test
This week I’m sharing my favourite way to test your knowledge, because we should all put ourselves to the test every now and then.
Start your weekend without worrying about work
Today’s blog is for you if you often head into the weekend without switching off from work. You’re still thinking about your unfinished tasks on a Friday night, checking emails on Saturday and starting to respond to them on Sunday night.
Create a better connection with people during video calls
Let’s face it, messages can get lost on video calls and half the time you’re wondering if the others are even paying attention.
So how can you create a better connection to your audience online?
How to get your stakeholders on the same page
I bet you’ve been in meetings where everyone talks at each other for 55min, only to realise during the last 5min that they haven’t reached an agreement and haven’t made any progress…
Developing public speaking skills should be on everyone’s agenda
Everyone will have to speak in front of an audience sooner or later. Whether it’s 1,000 people or an interview panel of three, becoming a more confident speaker is a skill you’ll need throughout your career.
Looking to network? 3 Tips to prep like a pro!
Ahhh, networking! You know you should be doing it, but it feels awkward. Or you dislike striking up conversations with strangers.
What to do?
Read on for my three favourite ways to make networking more fun and deliver benefits to you.
How to handle difficult questions
You’ve just finished your presentation and come to the part you silently dread: Q&A. You don’t mind the questions but what if someone throws you a curveball?
Remember to do the work
Learning is great but it also keeps you in a certain comfort zone where you add new knowledge…
Three lessons from my coaching clients
There are areas in your professional life that you know need to change, but you’re not sure where to start.
Here are three examples from my coaching clients, showing you what can be achieved in a single conversation when you get an outside perspective.
How to balance short-term and long-term goals
At the start of the year you set ambitious goals for yourself.
You were fired up during January, started slipping in February and now you’ve forgotten about some of the goals altogether. Not all of them excite you anymore and some feel like a burden.