NOTE: This post is based on How to Say It for Women, by Dr. Phyllis Mindell (1937-2022), who taught and wrote about how women and executives can speak more powerfully at work. Click on each page of this two-page handout to print it or save it to your computer. And also see The 7 Public Speaking Read More
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The 7 Public Speaking “Deadly Sins” for Women [Handout]
NOTE: This post is based on the work of Dr. Phyllis Mindell (1937-2022), who taught and wrote about how women and executives can speak more powerfully at work. Click the handout below to print or save it to your computer. (And see also How to Use the Language of Success [Handout.])
On the Hunt for Business Metaphors with Perplexity AI
I recently set out to create a list of common U.S. business metaphors for a client who speaks impeccable English but has never lived here. First stop was Perplexity AI. (Why do I prefer Perplexity? It’s not an embodied Nazi fanboy, like Grok, and so far I haven’t caught it making things up.) I asked Read More
Is Confidence Really That Important for Great Public Speaking?
Most of my clients want to be more confident. Why not? I’d like to be more confident. (Does anyone ever feel they have enough self-confidence?) But too often, the expectation is that if I was just more confident, I wouldn’t have to work so hard or go through so much emotional struggle to ace this Read More
Job Search? Don’t Let a Bad Attitude Screw You Up (Part 1)
A Critical Attitude toward Yourself Can Turn Other People Off Here’s an example of bad attitude toward yourself: I recently worked with a new job interview client—let’s call her Gina—who’s done some interesting short-term jobs, but doesn’t know what her future career should look like. Normally, we’d spend our 1:1 session time identifying options and Read More