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Making your audience fall asleep? How to be memorable in a presentation
Last year I was invited as a guest speaker to General Assembly to share about my experiences as an engineer and manager, as well as the coaching business I started….
The 3 step approach to make initiating conversations with strangers less scary
You are at a friend’s birthday party and you see the cute girl from your school. You guys are taking the same classes together but had not talked before. She’s…
Lots of thoughts but can’t verbalise? Here’s how to jumpstart your expression channel
One of my direct reports asked for help with verbal communication – not specifically public speaking, but it could include that. She’s a writer and very in her own head,…
Being an introvert is not the problem; being stuck is
“How to grow your developer career despite being an introvert?” This question is something I’ve come across several times in my coaching career. The problem with this statement is that…
Is your misplaced niceness getting in the way of you speaking up?
I was coaching a group of Engineering Managers recently and they all had the same problem – they had engineers who were not performing but too little was done about…
Do presentations scare you to death? It’s time to lower the stakes
Imagine you walk into a room for a presentation that could make or break your career. As you stand in front of your boss, you feel your shoulders tense up,…
Why more knowledge isn’t making your conversations interesting (and how associations can help)
Last week I purchased a particularly nice 24 piece set of pale blue plastic Tupperware containers. It was financially reckless of me but they were in a 25% discount sale….