Public speaking can be daunting, but there is a secret weapon that can make it much easier. That is confidence. When you believe in yourself and your message, it can help you be more effective and successful in your public speaking. Confidence can help you in three ways. 1. Beating Nervousness It’s normal to feel nervous when speaking in public. …
How to Master Work-Life Integration By Violet Dhu
As we approach the year’s end, it is worth thinking about how well we managed to master our work-life integration and what can do to ensure that the next time we are pushed to our limits at work, we don’t compromise our personal life.
Command and Control Leadership vs. Great Communication Leadership by Violet Dhu
By setting realistic expectations for our customers, we are then able to reduce the risk of misunderstanding, potential conflict, and complaints.
The Cost Of Not Being Influential as a Leader or Manager by Peter Dhu
“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority”. – Kenneth Blanchard When public speaking, presenting or facilitating, the ability to influence others is important to any leader, manager or trainer. Being able to influence staff and clients to make change or act in a different way is really what leadership is all about. The essence of leadership is …
Consistency Builds Trust Inconsistency Breeds Distrust – by Peter Dhu
When we are speaking, presenting or training, we need to be influential and persuasive. Our ability to influence people is key to our success in getting new ideas, information and messages across. And a key to influence is building trust. People listen and learn from people they trust. If we don’t have trust, then we will struggle to get people …
To Do an Icebreaker or Not? By Peter Dhu
We have all attended a seminar or workshop where the trainer has said “turn to the person next to you and tell them 3 things you like about yourself and 3 things that you do not like about yourself”. Or “as a group lets line up in order of distance that we have travelled today to get to this workshop …