Whether we’re honest with ourselves our not, we all want to influence other people one way or another. And that’s what presence is for.
In today’s post, Pete explores a couple fundamental concepts that can help you can get into the right mindset to elevate your presence and get more of what you want in your life, career, and business.
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Professionals can’t rely on their slides and backgrounds to make them present professionally. You carry the show, and Dean Hyers talks through simple areas of focus to make sure that you’re bringing MORE to your client presentations, team presentations, and the ones you do to land the work.
To learn about how to bring more of yourself to your next presentation so you can BE the show, and check out our presentation support page here.
Most of us hate the idea of rejection, and when we face the prospect of an interview to win a project, that visceral emotion can get in the way of the confidence we want to project.
But what if we’re thinking about the whole experience wrong? What if we can short-circuit this fear just by thinking differently? In today’s post, Pete shares a perspective that might help you do just that.
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There’s a lot of chatter these days about anxiety and the problems it can create for so many of us. In today’s post, Pete shares his story about anxiety, and about what he’s done over his career to get rid of its debilitating effects.
Learn more here about how we can help your team transform anxiety to confident presence.
One of the most common fears that keep people from presenting well – and from presenting at all – is a fear of sounding dumb to their audience. They imagine their audience is judging them harshly, and the whole thing is a trap.
But what if it’s all in their heads? What if a huge part of presenting well is in your mindset? In today’s post, Pete focuses on this simple concept.
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One of the worst pieces of news an introvert can get is that they have to participate in a presentation or an interview to win work. They’d be happy to do the work, but the anxiety around presentation is so high, they do their best to avoid thinking about it. Then all of a sudden, they find themselves being forced to practice in front of their peers, and they’re miserable.
In today’s post, Pete shares a few things that introverts can do independently to avoid that misery and take the first step toward presentation confidence.
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In professional service firms, people are your biggest variable. What they’re like, and how they act, affects landing work, growing relationships, brand consistency in the client experience, and leadership’s ability to align teams to strategy. They say all ships rise with the tide, and Dean thinks of ‘presence’ as the water that rises to elevate your firm, talking here about how to think holistically about elevating the human factors of presence for greater success.
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We’re all looking for purpose, but that can be hard to find. Sometimes we think we’d only found it if it becomes our job or career. Some people find purpose in other aspects of their life. Dean shares how purposefulness and purposelessness fit together in a way they can let you fire at your highest level of value, every single day, no matter what you’re doing.
If you’re interested in hosting a presentation about purpose or presence (or anything related to presence), check out our speaking page here.
Have you ever had the experience of speaking up and instantly regretting it? As an intuitive communicator who leads with his emotions, Dean has plenty of experience in this arena. In today’s post, he shares his take on three simple and useful questions to consider before you share.
To learn more about when to speak up and when to hold back, check out our presentation support page here.
In this post from the vault, Dean discusses the difference between providing feedback focusing on your presence instead of focusing on your words. One of these approaches is far more likely to succeed.
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