CEO Presentation Rockstars
CEO Presentation Rockstars is a podcast hosted by David Thomas, a global speaker and executive speaking coach. It helps leaders manage their nerves when presenting and connect more effectively with their audience. Episodes focus on practical presentation skills so listeners can leave the stage feeling confident and successful. The show is aimed at executives and professionals who want to improve their public speaking.
Episodes
#168 How To Become So Good At Speaking It Makes The Audience Gasp
CCLM. The Conscious Competency Learning Model has been around for decades and highlights what we all go through when learning a new skill. This is the ladder of speaking success. Unconscious Incompetent - Shit and don't know you are shit. Audience throwing bricks at you. Conscious Incompetent - Shit and know you're shit. Getting feedback. Conscious Competent - Good but have to focus. Decent but
#167 I Phoned the Guy Who Called My Talk SH*T!
18 months into my career as a speaker, I got the worst feedback I have ever had on a feedback form. Someone gave me 3/20 for a talk and wrote the word SH*T! So I phoned the person who wrote it. That was a moment, I can tell you. It was the best thing I could have done because brutal, unfiltered, feedback is the ONLY way to reach our true speaking potential. But as a CEO, how the hell can you get t
#166 Lessons Learned Speaking At Wembley Stadium
I spoke at Wembley Stadium to 300 leaders — here's everything I did to prepare, what went wrong on the day and the lessons every presenter needs to hear. Whether you're stepping onto a stage for the first time or you've been presenting for years, this episode breaks down the real behind-the-scenes intensity of delivering a high-stakes talk — from the moment you get the call to the second you leave
#165 Do you NEED to memorise a speech?
When non-professional speakers can memorise a speech and deliver it without notes, that puts them in the top 1%. But Jamie Oliver won 2010 TED speaker of the Year while clutching a pile of notes a mile thick all the way through. So which is best? Memorise it and get stressed that you will forget something? Or use notes and lose connection with the audience? In this episode, David goes through thr
#164 The perfect structure for EVERY talk
Want to smash that next presentation? Put your content in the right order. There is one structure that is perfect for every single presentation whether that is a keynote speech, a sales pitch or 1-2-1 appraisal. But hardly anyone does it. In this episode, David goes through how, working with apprentices, he has been able to hone this process to make it universally powerful.
#163 Get Some Baubles In Your Talk
A presentation with only education in it is like a Xmas tree without baubles. Boring and forgettable. Stories, humour and entertainment are the baubles, tinsel and lighting that bring every presentation alive. In this edpisode, David relates a story and why it works so well with his target audience.
#162 Three things you need in EVERY presentation
There are three things that EVERY presentation should have - education, inspiration and entertainment. Problem is, most presentations are 99% education and that makes them a lecture. And no-one wants to hear a lecture.
#161 12 hard lessons I learned from speaking in 2023
David is not just a presentation skills coach, he is out there banging out talks in front of audiences every week. In this episode, he outlines 12 different lessons he learned from 12 different events, one from each month. As a leader who wants to be the best version of themselves every time they present, you can apply every lesson he has .
#160 Is AI going to make presentation skills obsolete?
David recently watched a fantastic interview with the creator of DeepTomCruise, a TikTok channel. He thought it would be a frivolous (ish) conversation about creating fun videos. But it was way different than that. The creator of the videos was thoughtful, smart, business savvy and had a very deep insight into the future of AI, deep fake videos and what it means for all of us. What David heard and
#159 Death to Powerpoint (as we know it)
'Death By Powerpoint' has been a well worn phrase that shows just how horrifically bad most presenters use this application. But in this episode, David explains how Powerpoint - and more specifically what we put on the screen - can absolutely transform ANY presentation. He shares the following: The single greatest Powerpoint RULE that 90% of presenters break Why images are massively more powerful
#158 How to be the host with the most
Being the MC of a conference is a job that can make or break a fantastic event. David was recently asked to coach a client to perform this role who had volunteered to do it but had never done it before. In this episode, he shares the following: Pros and cons of using someone internal Best practice of introducing upcoming presenters The pitfalls to look out for Managing the minefield of Q&A with y
#157 You are nowhere as special as you think you are
All David's presentation skills coaching clients tell him the same thing. That 'their' speaking/clients/products/service is unique and different to everyone else's. But in reality, the basic principles behind great presenting are the same whether it is speaking at a Board meeting of a billion dollar company or being the compere of a Masked Dancer event at a conference, both things that David has p
#156 Sometimes it just comes down to cold, hard cash
David's tagline is Making Leaders Presentation Rockstars and when presenting, it is brilliant to feel that way. The audience laughing at your jokes and clapping you off stage. But sometimes the reason behind improving presentation skills is more prosaic than that. In this episode, David talks about an inspirational entrepreneur who specifically asked him to turn her into a presentation rockstar wh
#155 Putting the fun into funeral
As a leadership presentation skills coach, David is always approached to help leaders improve their speaking in the business world first. But in this episode, David explains how it is even more important to get speaking at personal events nailed down too. Because those types of events tend to be one offs. You only get one chance to speak at someone's funeral. He also looks at how the usual present
#154 9 presentation skills lessons learned from 2022
Even as an experienced 25 year speaker, David understands one thing - speaking is a live event. Every presentation and speech he gives has the ability to teach him something because every one is unique. In this episode, he explains why he believes continuous improvement is the key to being a presentation rockstar... ...and the 9 lessons he learned in 2022 that will help make him an even better pre
#153 The only barrier to success is you
David was ill over Xmas and had to cancel everything. His mate reframed it by saying that Xmas was just a refence point and he could see all the people at some other time over the coming weeks. David was not happy with this. It was at this point that he realised that the barrier to managing being ill at Xmas was him. In this episode, David talks about how we can all improve our chances of success
#152 Best practice speaking works with best practice writing
David recently got asked to do somethng unusual - rewrite someone's LinkedIn profile. In this episode, he shares how this came about through a presentation skills coaching class he delivered and how, by applying the same principles to writing as speaking, every leader can dramatically improve their communication across both mediums.
#151 Your staff are your dream makers but do you actually treat them more like servants?
David recently did a coaching session with a client who said his boss did not treat him with the respect he deserved. But this client turned up late to see David and didn't apologise. Almost every leader gets to achieve their dreams because of the dream makers in their team but not if they think they are being treated as 'lower' than them. In this episode, David explains thow this deeply damaging
#150 Your speaking is either a hamster wheel or drilling an oil well
Speakers should never be repeaters. Churning out the same old stuff every time is stale for audiences and for you. David recently used a brand new start for an important talk at the National Sales Conference. He took a big risk as he had no idea if it would land. In this episode, he explains what he did and if it worked or not.
#149 Be prepared to try anything
As a leader, you already understand that success is based on trying something new. It is about getting comfortable with being uncomfortable. Otherwise, you are just a hamster on a wheel going round and round doing the same old thing. That hasn't got you where you are. Yet, when it comes to speaking, a surprising number of leaders are too cautious, scared to try anything new. In this episode, David
#148 Stop talking like you are on TV
YouTube research shows that the most successful channels are those where people are chatting on the video like you are the only one watching. Yet, most videos online are done in a style by people as if they are presenting on TV. In this episode, David goes through the key elements to make sure that you don't come across as contrived or even worse, insincere.
#147 Belt it out like you did the very first time
David has just done the same talk 44 times in 9 consecutive working days to 10,000 students in 9 different schools in the UK. The #1 question he got asked every single day was "How do you keep it fresh when delivering the same talk over and over again?" In this episode, David explains how to INCREASE the impact the more you do the same talk and how to manage yourself in front of the most difficult
#146 Don't let the tail wag the dog; be a demanding diva
When you present externally, you are the best one in the room. If you weren't, someone else would be standing at the front. So act like it. Make sure you get the exact speaking circumstances that you need to make the highest impact you can. In this episode, David shares how he told The Oprah Winfrey Show that they had to meet his demands if he was to go on the show. And how, just last week, he was
#145 The three sections of the presentation process
Quite rightly, you should focus heavily on the delivery part of your presentation, getting all your technical ducks in a row. But to have maximum impact on an audience, there are two other elements to consider - before and after the talk. In this episode, David shares a bunch of things every speaker can do before their presentation to maximise its impact and things they can do after the talk that
#144 Enter the conversation in the heads of the audience
Andy Bounds, a brilliant sales trainer, talks about how you must sell the 'afters'. This is what will the client get AFTER they have bought the product or service you are selling. Leaders need to do the same when they present. You need to think about what the audience will do AFTER you have spoken. In this episode, David explains how leaders get this completely wrong 95% of the time, losing the im
#143 Having a chip on your shoulder will make you a better presenter
A venture capitalist was interviewed in a podcast. He said that he saw an entrepreneur with a chip on their shoulder as being a positive because when the brown stuff hits the fan, they are the ones who will knuckle down and fight through. In this episode, David explains why it is the same with presenting. Being abrasive, even slightly aggressive, shows deep passion and that is what people buy into
#142 What has memorising Pi to 22,500 digits got to do with presentation skills?
In a previous life, David had one of the most powerful memories in history as a multiple Guinness and world memory record breaker and US Memory Champion. The #1 question he got asked was 'Have you a gift or is it a trained skill?' In this episode, David gives his response and how this relates to improving your presentation skills. Understanding the difference between natural speaking talent and tr
#141 How to choose a presentation skills coach
Someone contacted David recently and asked how to choose a presentation skills coach. This is something that David had never considered but realised one thing - the process is the same as when choosing a coach for ANY endeavour. In this episode, David goes through the 6 key elements that every leader MUST consider when looking for a presentation skills coach for that next big presentation.
#140 How the hell do you follow the England football manager?
2022 is World Cup year in rugby league and as a huge Brucie bonus, it is being held in England. Last week, David got invited to speak to the players and backroom staff at one of their camps just 12 weeks before it starts. In this episode David explains how he made schoolboy errors by cocking up the briefing and how his confidence evaporated when he found out that the last speaker was the England f
#139 We all have medals and scars - learn from and share both
We all have medals and scars. Successes, failures, amazing highs, devastating lows. But traditional speaking says to only share the war stories. In this episode, David explains why this is horseshit and how we should learn from both medals and scars as they both have a great deal to teach us. It is also the same when we present. Audiences love to hear how you overcame adversity but also want to he
#138 6 things to consider when choosing a presentation skills coach
You don't look for a presentation skills coach in the Yellow Pages. Oh no, that much is obvious. After all, why would you put one of the most important presentations of your life in the hands of a stranger? Well, actually, many do and don't have much choice. In this episode, David goes through the 6 key things to consider when looking for a coach including the questions to ask, what the perfect tr
#137 Learn to be a performing monkey
Most leaders resist like mad when it comes to putting entertainment into their presentations. They usually tell David that they are not a 'performing monkey.' To which he always replies 'Yes you are and if you're not now, you'd better learn.' In this episode, David explains why every presentation requires a certain amount of entertainment. Otherwise, it will be boring, you will be boring, the audi
#136 Can you brag too much?
Someone challenged David about his Facebook feed commenting that he has too many testimonials. Basically, he is bragging too much. A great challenge. In this episode, David talks about how the changes he implemented in his social media feed are the same we should put into our speaking.
#135 How the most expensive car ever sold shows the value of a back story
A 1955 Mercedes SL 'gullwing' currently costs around $2m at auction. When they come up. A 1955 Mercedes SLR 'gullwing' Uhlenhaut just sold for a shocking $142m. The only major difference between the two cars is the wonderful back story and history attached to the Uhlenhaut. In this episode, David explains the value of a back story and how we can use it to get greater engagement from our audiences.
#134 Another bunch of lessons from a new coaching experience
David recently went to Croatia to do last minute on site coaching with a client who he had been working with for 6 weeks from home. Coaching at the event they were speaking at was a first for him and taught a ton of stuff. In this episode, David is going to share what he learned and also what he did that made them come off stage fist pumping the air.
#133 19 years later and still making the same mistakes
David recently got asked to speak at a major event. Problem is, he didn't know how major...because he didn't ask! In this week's episode, David goes through what you should ask a client when speaking externally. Or you could REALLY miss out.
#132 Lessons learned from appearing on BBC Radio 2
David has just appeared on The Rob Beckett Show on BBC Radio 2. It was a fun slot called Geek Of The Week! As always, David uses his media appearances as a great example of how to apply presentation skills. With Beckett being a professional comedian, it made for a very fun and lively interview. The clip is included in this week's podcast.
#131 Interview with a speaking legend Part 2
The second half of the interview that David conducted with Dave Hyner. Dave does not hold back in giving his opinion on the good, bad and ugly in the world of speaking. He drops knowledge bombs all the way through this interview. A fascinating insight into a top class speaker.
#130 Interview with a speaking legend Part 1
Dave Hyner has spoken to more than 1 million people over the last 25 years. He is a Hall Of Fame speaker with the former Academy for Chief Executives. He has spoken internationally, written books and done enormous amounts of study and research to make sure that what he speaks about works. In this episode, David interviews Dave and gets into everything involved in the world of top class speaking.
#129 Fresh Fish Sold Here - the power of brevity
Brevity is the #1 law in all of speaking. Get on, say your bit in the shortest time with the least number of slides and the fewest number of words then get off. Even if you have a time slot to fill, keeping it super succinct and moving along is really key. In this episode, David talks about why it is so important and uses a really cool example of selling fish!
#128 Don't be an idiot, professionalise your presentation skills
This week, David bought a new microphone to improve the quality of his podcast recordings. It has only taken the idiot 120+ episodes to do it. In this episode, David talks about how important it is to crank up your professionalism BEFORE it starts to become noticeable. Unless you're an idiot, of course in which case, stay as you are.
#127 What does the Will Smith and Chris Rock debacle teach us about offending an audience?
The Oscars generated billions of words about the Will Smith and Chris Rock situation. And about the same number of conversations about what is acceptable for a host to say to an audience member. In this episode, David goes through his very specific formula about what you can and definitely should NOT say to an audience.
#126 Would you mention current affairs if your life was on the line?
As a leader, people in our circle of influence expect to hear our voice and opinion but when and how we use that voice to mention current affairs can be a delicate issue. In this episode, David talks about how to do just that, shares examples of how to do it badly and gives an example from one speaker who won't discuss it publicly at all. And for very good reason.
#125 Dead ducks don't quack
It's always a nervy time testing new material. You don't want to be stuck delivering the same old stuff every time you present but it takes courage and a leap of faith to use brand new material. In this episode, David talks about how dead ducks don't quack (bad material is just bad material and will never come good), how to measure how successful material is from the response of an audience respon
#124 Most nervous day EVER as a presentation skills coach
Coaching commercial clients is fun and inspiring because they walk through the door keen to learn and improve. But teaching kids round the kitchen table is a trial that most parents would rather substitute with tooth removal without anaesthetic. In this episode, David talks about how he recently coached his daughter on presentation skills and how improving yours isn't just about you becoming a pre
#123 Speaking can be as much about validation as education
A successful senior manager in a major company spent the day with David yesterday at his house learning presentation skills. Problem was, she was already speaking beautifully for the very narrow type of presenting she does. And will probably do for the remaining 5 years or so in her career. But the problem was only for David. His client walked away with the most important thing she was looking to
#122 Variety is the spice of life, especially in speaking
Mel Robbins is a fantastic motivational speaker and David has both listened to her Audible podcast series and an interview with her. She was asked about her presenting style and she said that she fills her talks with analogies to get her message across. In this episode, David explains how analogies are incredibly powerful but also that putting in more variety and using other techniques is the opti
#121 When you get to the top, you need a different set of presentation skills
David appeared on the TV show, The Weakest Link, many years ago. He got through to the final three but astonishingly, one of the other two contestants didn't realise that the strategy that would WIN her the money in the final would not be the one that had got her TO the final. In this episode, David recounts the amazing experience and how leaders need to understand that the style of speaking they
#120 Brag like mad and create a halo effect
In business, everyone brags about the key elements that make them stand out. In David's case, he is forever going on about appearing on Oprah, having a #1 bestselling book and breaking a Guinness record. But sadly, when leaders speak, their humility means they pass over these crucial points too quickly in their talks. In this episode, David explains how to make your credibility work for you and mo
#119 Bite off more than you can handle and chew like hell
David heard the title to this podcast in a newsletter and thought it very apt for his progress through his speaking career. In this episode, he explains why presentation skills progress only happens when we truly push ourselves out of our comfort zone, as cliched as that sounds. David also talks about the difference between who we are and who we are becoming through the concept of the Hegelian dia
#118 Ten lessons I learned about presenting in 2021
In this episode, David goes through the top 10 lessons he has learned about presenting in 2021. This is from the perspective of his own speaking having presented in person and remotely in over 50 countries. And from his perspective as a presentation skills coach having prepared many CEOs for big talks.
#117 Grow a backbone and address the elephant in the room
As a presentation skills coach for leaders, David gets to work on specific talks with real material and over the years, he has worked on every kind of talk imaginable. He is not easily shocked or surprised. But recently, he got a call from a CEO doing a simple long service awards ceremony and wanted some advice. There was an unusual and devastating twist to the presentation. In this episode, David
#116 That horrendous feeling you get when talking to an ice cold audience
Last week, David did two very different talks. Both had a really positive outcome but both also had polar opposite starts. The first talk started with a lot of love for David in the room. Welcoming, engaging and fun. The second talk, two days later, started at sub zero. The audience was ice cold. The only difference between the two was the pre-frame. In this episode, David explains how to get your
#115 Always match your message to the audience
PLEASE NOTE: This episode talks very briefly about the abuse that David received at the hands of his mother and bizarrely, how it got him a major book deal resulting in a #1 bestselling book. David has just received a batch of his new books from the printers and while he could use them, there is just enough wrong with the printing for him to not be able to do so. In this episode, David explains ho
#114 If there's only one job, you have to be different to the rest
David recently coached a guy going for a major job interview. The company made various stipulations. David told his client to ignore them and do something different. In this episode, he explains how, in a competitive environment, it is critical to do something different to what everyone else is doing.
#113 Pre-presentation is everything
You'd think that after 25 years of speaking, David would be drilled in the art of everything speaking, including the pre-presentation preparation, maybe the most important thing of all. In this episode, David explains how he was thought he was being the guest of honour at a ceremony only to be introduced as the speaker and have to produce a 20 min presentation 5 seconds later. If only he had prepa
#112 A beautiful pillow and marginal gains
Marginal gains has been around for many a year now and is de rigeur in sport. But the same can definitely be applied in presentation skills. In this episode, David explains how applying marginal gains to get a different pillow made a massive difference to his speaking.
#111 JK Rowling or Jeffrey Archer?
JK Rowling used to grab spare minutes while her baby was asleep to write Harry Potter when she was a single Mum. Jeffrey Archer writes from his home in Mallorca from a purpose-built writing room overlooking the Bay of Palma with no distractions. Which is best? Both. In this episode, David explains how to manage the process of writing a presentation whether it is all in one go or piecemeal.
#110 Managing interruptions
Managing interruptions is where every leader earns their presentation stripes. Being able to handle hecklers (rare but happens), disruptors (less rare), objectors (relatively common) and people interrupting with questions (very common) is difficult. Yet, it is one of the areas that leaders almost never prepare for. In this episode, David shares how he got some weird and wonderful interruptions fro
#109 Why are you even here today?
When leaders present, they fret over a ton of stuff like their voice projection, whether their slides are formatted properly and the engagement level of the audience. Question is - should they be fretting over this stuff? Answer - yes! But the challenge I have seen with leaders is that in focussing solely on all these elements, they lose sight of the REAL reason they are presenting at all. In this
#108 Don't be an informer; become an interpreter
Information is cheap as chips. It is a commodity that we value little because of how easy it is to come by. Delivering information makes you look cheap as chips. What is valuable is INTERPRETING information. In this episode, David explains how, as a leader, you should let others deliver information about sales, products, acquisitions, etc. Your job is to float over the top scooping that informatio
#107 What is the price you are prepared to pay for your words to be valuable?
When your words are always the same, they have an equal value and that value is zero. But the question is this - how far are you prepared to go to make your words valuable? David did a talk recently where he pushed the attendees so hard that he 'lost' two of them. In this episode, David goes through why he did it and whether the price he paid was worth it.
#106 Perfectionism is a killer
David is launching an online business and best practice is to launch fast, fail fast and adapt. But not David. Nope, he has been spending too much time making all his material perfect. In this episode, David explains how and why the best way to quickly improve your speaking is to drop perfect. Get it done, get it delivered, get the feedback and feed that back into v2.0 of your speech.
#105 You should use what people are interested in
David did a LinkedIn post on his bodybuilding recently and got ten times the usual number of views. Ten times! A quick flick back through his feed shows that this is the usual response. On the one hand, it is annoying that all the great business content he posts does not receive the same views but at the same time, he now knows what people are interested in. In this episode, he explains how to use
#104 Lessons from a world class comedian
David loves watching other people who have to stand up and deliver to a live audience for a living. Last week, he saw Jimmy Carr, a stand up comedian in the UK, do 2 hours of material and he was sensational. David loved the entertainment but he also popped on his speaker and presentation skills coach hat to learn from what he saw. In this episode, he shares the lessons he learned about delivery, p
#103 How improving presentation skills is life changing
Mark Cowgill is a remarkable guy. He is a Director and Co-Founder of Exa Networks in Bradford and he booked David to do presentation skills coaching for him and his team in 2019/20. David asked Mark to give him a video testimonial once the lockdown dust had lifted. What transpired was a 90 minute chat between two business colleagues who have a shared passion for and understanding of the astonishin
#102 An Aspen school teacher can show you the error of your speaking ways
In 2009, a client booked David to go to Aspen to teach his kids memory and exam techniques. While there, he got the chance to speak to a teacher in the local school. He was utterly shocked at their process to help underperforming students. Problem is, David sees leaders who are underperforming with their presentation skills doing exactly the same thing. In this episode, David shares what he learne
#101 You are a right lazy bugger - but so are your audiences
Multiply 10 x 10. Got it? Of course. Now multiply 13 x 76. Struggling....? Still struggling....? 😂 Trust me, we are all the same and the reason is because of a concept called mental economy. We shut things down that take up too much mental energy. But so do your audiences. In this episode, David goes through two concepts that will have a huge impact on your ability to retain the attention of your
#100 Why it is easier to get a no than a yes
Chris Voss is a Masterclass presenter and former FBI negotiator. David heard an interview with him and the guy had some very interesting approaches to managing situations that are highly counter intuitive but has the experience to back up having implemented them at the highest level (think state terrorism hijacking negotiations). In this episode, David goes through just one of his concepts about h
#99 You might feel like telling a challenger to f**k off but just hold your horses
When a challenger arrives to tell us how shit we are at something, everyone's instinct is to tell them to get stuffed. Or get defensive and justify our actions. But neither of the above are the right course of action if we want to realise our true potential. In this episode, David explains how someone properly pissed him off with a couple of challenges and how grateful he is that they did.
#98 You are the presenter because you are better than your audience
As a leader, you are used to facing one way in your organisation and everyone else facing the other. You are the boss, the big cheese. It is the same in speaking whether it is an internal or external presentation. The fact that you are the best in the room is not in doubt. That is why you are speaking and everyone else is listening. But at the same time, you cannot let your ego take over and you h
#97 Erms and ahs are poison in presenting
David recently read an interview with a former head of Toastmasters who was also a former speaking World Champion. In it, he said that erms and ahs SHOULD be in presentations and that getting rid of them is a bad thing. In this episode, David explains why this guy was totally wrong and goes even further, saying why it is critical that you not only get rid of them in your professional talks but als
#96 Asking an audience a question is like herding cats
Audiences love to be part of your presentation and a great way to include them is by asking questions. But managing an audience is also like herding cats. Asking them a question will lead to them potentially chatting amongst themselves or even worse, shouting out something really inappropriate that knocks you off balance. In this episode, David goes through three simple rules you must follow when
#95 Exit Interview With A Client - Part III
This is the third episode in a three part special recorded after doing an exit interview with a client David worked with doing 6 sessions over 8 months. In this episode, David explains what he learned that will make him a more effective presentation skills coach in the future but also what you can take away to be a better presenter as a leader.
#94 Exit Interview With A Client - Part II
We can never assume what a client is thinking and it is dangerous to do so. As always, the best course of action is to ask. David did just that with a client after coaching him for 6 sessions over 8 months. What he heard was amazing. In this episode, David is shocked to find out exactly what the client got out of their time together - and how much more he would have been prepared to pay!
#93 Exit Interview With A Client - Part I
After doing 6 sessions over 8 months with a remote client, David did an exit interview with him. What the client shared has transformed the way that David will approach his leader speaker coaching in the future. In this first episode of a three part special, David shares why and how the client chose him and why it matters so much to you as a leader improving your presentation skills.
#92 Finally......back face to face with an audience
Well, it's been a while, as the saying goes!! Finally, David is back face to face with audiences and while it has been a fabulous experience on some level, it has also brought up some challenges. In this episode, David will share both the pleasures and the downsides of being back in front of an adoring crowd, his vision of how presenting will be in the future and how leaders can adjust their speak
#91 You are deluded if you think remote presenting will disappear
We are all sick of back to back Zoom meetings all week long. We yearn for a bit of face to face time. But the shockingly high efficiency that remote presentations and meetings have brought us means that it simply will not disappear when we eventually get to the new normal. There is still significant value in mastering remote presenting, especially when only 5% of leaders are doing even the basics
#90 Stop hiding behind your team
David still finds it astonishing how many leaders pass up the chance to present and give it to others to do in their team. This is horrendous both in terms of how it looks and the massive missed opportunities. In this episode, David explains why it is crucial that leaders show some courage, grab the baton and start doing the presentations themselves. He also includes two interview clips of Managin
#89 Do NOT, under any circumstances, think of a pink elephant!
Leaders often make one fundamental mistake when presenting that lawyers don't - they will say what they DO want to happen as well as what they DON'T. In this episode, David explains how to manage getting both types of messages across and how he prepared a recent CEO client to do just that. Are you still thinking of a pink elephant?
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