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Avoid paralysis by analysis Paralysis by analysis refers to a situation where overthinking and excessive data gathering delay or prevent decision-making. It occurs when […]
If you worked anywhere where there was machinery, or equipment or appliances and one of them did not work properly, what would you do? You’d […]
How informal meetings can benefit from some formal procedures If you’re frustrated because your meetings are too long, too many, and decisions aren’t being […]
Are you brave enough to challenge the meeting status quo?  It takes courage to decline a meeting request I was speaking with an exasperated […]
Presence – the elusive quality
Which is more important when you speak or present – content or delivery? Think about receiving a parcel. I have one coming today and I’m […]
Respected leaders are decisive There is a really interesting piece of research that was done with 400 CEOs. This is what they were asked….. “Of […]
This may explain why things aren’t moving forward Are you and your team “Yes but” people, or “Yes and” people? Do you naturally tend to say […]
Who is the drummer in your meetings? Who sets the pace? Every meeting has a rhythm, a pace, sometimes called the cadence. Surprisingly, it’s not […]
Design & Delivery – the 2 crucial ingredients for powerful presentations Designing an executive’s presentation is like designing a car. It needs to fit the […]
Charisma – You Either Have It Or You Don’t..Maybe Not. Charisma is that magnetic quality that some speakers may have in drawing an audience. It […]
In every workplace, on virtually any day, there will be one, six, ten, a hundred meetings and every one will be “led” by someone. Whether that person sees themselves as “chairing” the meeting or not, the other people do. And so every day throughout the world there are tens of thousands of people chairing meetings – it is perhaps the most common universal activity which occurs in workplaces in every part of the globe every working day.