How to pick the right seat in a meeting

How to pick the right seat in a meeting

Universities love a meeting – I cannot even begin to count the hours I have spent in them.  They are so routinised that most of us just turn up, inured to the hours they take of our time and treat them as business-as-usual.  Yet meetings provide great...
10 tips for delivering a great presentation

10 tips for delivering a great presentation

It is a truth universally acknowledged that more people fear public speaking than death. A few years’ ago, I was fortunate to attend a course at RADA on how to improve my presentation skills. As a result, I have some top tips to help you prepare and deliver when...
I just want everyone to like me!

I just want everyone to like me!

This post was inspired by a recent LinkedIn comment.  A contributor pointed out that in life, not everyone will like us. Rather than stressing about it, we simply need to accept it. I agreed, and drew on the analogy of the Distribution Curve. In life, I responded,...