Fabulous article by Elaine Sciolino in the UK Independent Newspaper. She redfines the seduction word to the french meaning (a combination of social skill and networking) Land I think it’s a great thought starter for people seeking to develop their personal impact. Here’s the article in full- Liberté, égalité, flirtation: How I learnt to play…
One of the many great benefits of being an itinerant speaker is that you visit great Companies, meet great people and learn new things. Yesterday I was the guest of Marsh & Mercer in Leeds, UK. I was doing a short, lunchtime session on personal impact for professionals, and I met Lyndsay Robertson, Claims Consultant…
As an addition to the article I wrote for MMC and ‘The Vine’, here’s 10 things you can practice to help you develop flexibility and social skill… For the original article see here. In your head- Assume every person you meet is important, and treat him or her as such. Remember that angry and unhelpful…
For my friends, colleagues and acquaintances at MMC and ‘The Vine’. Here’s a ‘taster’ of some of the things we might cover at our lunch meeting this week. Personal Impact- At it’s simplest, personal impact is about being good at getting people to like you. It’s about being flexible in your approach to meeting strangers,…
Mario Balatelli is the 20-year old soccer player who won ‘man of the match’ in the UK’s FA Cup Final in 2011. He plays for the resurgent Manchester City and he’s an Italian hot-shot, hot-head who brings pace, athleticism and danger to every team that he plays for. He brings the same to their Public…
In my 20 years of speechwriting, coaching and conference presenting, I’ve noticed that, ironically, it’ s most often native English speakers who are most difficult for international audiences to understand. The reasons are simple. They tend to speak in their vernacular. They use slang and jargon not taught in ‘school’. They use over complex language,…
President Barack Obama is used so often as an example of a great speaker by ‘experts’ that he’s almost become a cliche. There’s no doubt that he can be a great speaker, on occasions, as many of us can be, to friendly crowds, with a well crafted speech, when everyone is listening and no one…
Here’s a great article on FT.com about the use of management speak in the London held inquests into the deaths of the innocent and guilty in the London Bombings of 2007. Lady Justice Hallet, the coroner, objected to the use of ‘management speak’, by the senior representatives of the emergency services interviewed as a part…
Here’s some sound advice from a friend of mine, Mark Richards at Simple Words. In short- Bluntly, Google don’t want their search engine rankings clogged up with badly written articles that are all too often simply copied from other badly written articles. He’s a writer, a good one too, and you wouldn’t be surprised to…