Whether you’re a student, just getting out of school and into your new job or even established in your career, there may come a time when you will be expected to give a presentation before a group of your peers, colleagues, clients, prospective clients or some other group of people. If you’ve never given a…
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How to Quickly Respond to Difficult Questions
In the course of you career, you’ll likely be called upon to make presentations to your colleagues. Presenting in front of your peers is a hard task in itself. And it can become much more difficult when a question and answer period is required. Questions and answers are a great way to clarify the message…
Begin With Praise and Honest Appreciation
Dale Carnegie knew that approaching someone with praise and honest appreciation was a sure way to avoid a confrontation. In his legendary book, “How To Win Friends and Influence People,” he tells the story of Dorothy Day of Garden City, Long Island: Mrs. Day was to give a luncheon to a small group of friends….
Five Elements that give Leaders that “It Factor”!
Some leaders simply have “IT”. They have the game down. They are successful and they grow their organizations and their people regardless of the economy or the industry. We aspire to just like them, with our people benefitting from everything that we do. We read about them in trade journals and we know them in…