You have to make a big presentation, to a very senior audience, it is one of those make or break points in your career. Here is the question? How much time do you need? These are very busy people, and, lets be honest, you probably want to be presenting to them far more than they want […]
Presentation Tips: Why are You Talking to Me?
Monday is not going to be a good day. On Monday morning I have to sit through a four hour presentation. There are things in life I enjoy doing, I enjoy riding my bike, I enjoy taking my children to the beach, I enjoy reading thrillers. But I do not enjoy sitting through four hour presentations. […]
I’d Rather Gnaw my own Leg Off
I have just sat through the most boring, least effective meeting of my life. If I could have gnawed my own leg off to escape it I would have gladly done so. Unfortunately that wasn’t an option, it was interminable: It wasn’t clear what we were there for: was it to update us? Was it so we made […]
Continental Management Reviews
I hate driving on the continent. It’s hard work. It isn’t just the fact that foreigners will insist on driving on the wrong side of the road (though that doesn’t help), the real problem is that I am constantly bombarded with information that I don’t quite understand: road signs, billboards, lane markings, traffic lights… and […]