Winning When You Lose

You can’t always win the competitive pitch, but sometimes in losing you still win, and Dean shares a case-in-point story about a team who lost, and won.

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The Body Language of Stage Fright and Stage Presence

Body language communicates all the time between speakers and their audiences. We all have ideas about how we want to look, and how our audiences should look back at us.

In this post, Pete suggests that we might be dealing with these ideas in a completely backwards way, and offers a solution that you might find counterintuitive.

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Vibes Communicate Like Language

VIBE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, no matter what words are spoken.

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You Don’t Need Propranolol

Propranolol is a beta-blocker medicine that helps to reduce the symptoms of anxiety, including sweating and shaking. People have started using it when they are facing an important presentation.

But Propranolol doesn’t treat the feeling of anxiety, only the physical symptoms that come with it.  In this post, Pete shares a thought about what you can do to actually treat the feeling of anxiety in the run up to a presentation, and get it out of your way.

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Dealing With Audience Judgment

One of the most common reasons why people hate public speaking is because they’re worried about their audience judging them negatively. Pete offers a tip to help turn this around.

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Ingredients of a Winning Presentation Team

A lot of teams struggle with interview preparation. In today’s vlog post, Dean shares some strategies that can help your team win their next job.

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Easy to Help / Hard to Help

There’s two kinds of people: those who are easy to help, and those who aren’t. In this vlog post, Dean talks about the qualities of teams who are easy to help.

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DETAILS DETAILS

Presentations need details. They also need points. Should you explain it all so the point makes sense, or make it first and prove it second?

Dean takes the mystery out of the relationship between points and details, so you can leverage both to their highest advantage.

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Neutralizing Disagreements

Projects involving multiple players and stakeholders with potentially conflicting perspectives can be full of landmines and loud, costly disagreements. As a leader, there is a fair amount that you can do to reduce those potential problems. In this post, Pete offers a simple – but not necessarily easy – method to put into practice, when the ship is starting to rock.

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Industry Insights: A Conversation You Won’t Want to Miss

We recently sat down with three A/E/C senior leaders to discuss the state of the industry from their perspective.

From boots-on-the-ground realities to future-forward thinking, this conversation offers practical insights and thoughtful perspectives you won’t want to miss.

A big thank you to Derek, Spencer, and Chris for bringing their expertise to the table!

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