How to Avoid Death by Q&A You prepared well for your presentation. You spent hours structuring content and getting your slides designed. You practiced on your own, and with a critic.  On the day, your delivery was spot on. Your audience smiled, nodded, made affirmative noises, and even clapped at the end of the presentation! […]

Stylish presenters get more ‘YES’? Think of a time when you saw someone making a presentation and made you feel, “Wow, I wish I could present like that!” It can be a colleague, a vendor, a client, or maybe even the future president of the United States! What do any of them have in common? […]

WOW Slides Visualisation With big environmental changes coming in the next 10 years, influencing people in organisations to adapt to change will become one of the most in-demand skills for future leaders. When you think about the word ‘influence’, it’s a broad verb. Influence can be done through asserting authority, ‘politicking’, presenting etc. There are […]

Structure Your Pitch to get a YES So, you want to become a better presenter. What is a ‘better presenter’? To different people, it can mean different things. It can be about having a solid logical structure, or visualizing slides to wow your audience… or maybe you want to appear more confident when you present, […]

Communication is a vital aspect of our daily lives, and it goes beyond the words we use. Our body language can also convey important messages to others, affecting how we are perceived and received in a conversation. Being aware of our non-verbal cues and how we use them can help us to communicate more effectively […]

Will ‘Purpose Alignment’ Become the Most Important Strategy in Talent Management? Covid-19 saw a lot of movement in the job market. But it is not over yet. The drastic change in the world environment has prompted many employees to reflect on their purpose in life. Along the path of this reflection, some would have considered […]

Aligning Purpose for Growth and Wellbeing You may have heard the word ‘Ikigai’. If you haven’t, it’s a Japanese term similar to ‘purpose and being’. Think of it as answering the question: “What is the reason for my life?” As our work and life become more integrated, more of us are trying to find our […]

In our offices today, we’ve moved into a new multi-generational workforce with baby boomers, Generation X, Millennials and Gen Zs all in one space. Some may see the generational gap as a conflict but leaders who are able to lead a diverse group effectively can tap into each generation’s strength to create powerful teams. Rather […]