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By: Peter Botting

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  • Can CEOs learn from politicians and should they?

    Opinion

    The author of James Cleverly’s award-winning Tory leadership speech on what politicians do differently to the c-suite Can business leaders learn from political leaders? Should they? I say yes, and yes.  But who am I? I have coached both types of leaders for years: business leaders in 17 PLCs, multiple smaller businesses, and startups, over [...]

  • A MAGA playbook for business

    Opinion

    What did one of Britain’s top storytelling and speaker coaches learn from a Trump rally? As a storytelling and speaker coach, I am usually behind the stage in rehearsal rooms, hotel rooms, green rooms or board rooms, crafting, dissecting and honing speeches, refining messages, and coaching leaders on their delivery.  On a hot southern Sunday [...]

  • Why jargon and corporate speak hurt your message

    We all use jargon and shorthand every day in conversations with friends and co-workers. It’s a kind of code that helps us get from A to B quicker. It’s useful and saves time. I am writing this article from Washington and last week I heard staffers on Capitol Hill talk about going on a CODEL. [...]

  • How to use storytelling in your business pitch

    February 18, 2015

    In business, pitches are things that some people have to do and other people have to listen to. People don’t like pitches or being pitched to – at best they tolerate them. That is why storytelling works in your favour: people enjoy stories and we all have loved stories since childhood. People are natural storytellers [...]

  • Public speaking: How to review your own speech

    February 12, 2015

    You will probably always be your harshest critic. I know I am. I will occasionally call my speech or performance “OK” or mutter that “at least I didn’t screw up!”. But that doesn’t help me.  A TedMed client recently emailed me to say they had only just gathered up the courage to watch their speech [...]

  • How to give a good speech – a cheat’s guide

    January 23, 2015

    I know, I know. I have heard it all before. You meant to spend more time researching, you really wanted to get coaching, you intended to get input from friend or colleagues. But you didn’t. And now you are in trouble. The speech you have to give is this weekend, tomorrow, this evening or, worst [...]

  • How to overcome the fear of public speaking

    January 21, 2015

    For many people, public speaking is not easy. For some people, it is simply terrifying. Speaking in front a large crowd, particularly of your peers, has been likened to the trauma of buying a house, going through a divorce or going to the dentist. Of course, it is far worse when your career depends on [...]

  • Is there ever an excuse to use PowerPoint in a presentation?

    December 10, 2014

    Is there ever an excuse to use PowerPoint in a presentation? First of all, what is a presentation? It’s not a pitch. Pitches and presentations are different things. A pitch is a courtship – the (hopeful) beginning of a relationship. A presentation is the transfer of knowledge, facts, data etc within an existing relationship.    [...]

  • How to keep your cool in a job interview

    October 17, 2014

    A big job interview can be one of the most stressful things you will do in your professional life. So much is riding on such a short amount of time. Your future earnings, your home and where it is, your lifestyle, how you and your family live and how your kids are educated – and [...]

  • How to answer “why did you leave your last job?” In a job interview

    October 10, 2014

    Hiring somebody is a huge and risky investment. Against the risks and the recruitment and ongoing costs –  wages, training, expenses and recruitment agency fees – is the aim and the hope that you will be worth the time and the money and be good enough and hang around long enough to be worth the [...]

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