Don’t Try To Be Perfect

When it comes to building buildings, it’s a very good idea to try for perfection. But when it comes to selling yourself in an interview, shooting for perfection can be a mistake.

In this short post, Pete provides some useful advice to consider the next time you present to a selection committee.

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Toxic Positivity

Toxic positivity is avoidance with a smile. In this post, Dean defines the line between when being positive is helpful, and when it is not.

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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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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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Reading Committees by Their Rules

You can learn a lot about a selection committee by the kinds of instructions they give you for their presentation.

In his latest vlog post, Dean shares the thinking he goes through the moment his team receives presentation instructions, to create a head start for determining what kinds of people are behind the decision, so that the team can get into the heads of their decision-makers and make sure they are speaking in the way those decision-makers listen for.

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Shortlist Interviewing is a Team Sport

The prospect of presenting can often focus our attention on ourselves and our own perceived shortcomings, which can create an “every person for themselves” mentality. So when a team presents together, this mentality can create critical problems.

In this post, Pete shares his thoughts about how to avoid this mentality and fulfill your role as a team-player.

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Casting Your Next Sales Pitch

You can’t do the project you don’t win. And sometimes, you can’t win a project if you don’t have the right “cast” in your presentation team.

In his latest post, Dean shares his thoughts about how to cast the right presenters in the right presentation roles. 

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What If Their Camera Is Off?

Some interviews to win projects are virtual, and sometimes decision-makers choose to leave their camera off in that scenario.

What can you do to keep this from throwing you off-balance? Pete shares his thoughts.

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Buy-In to Get a Presentation Team Ready Fast

Quickly getting your team on board with your presentation strategy is vital for success. In this post, Dean highlights the significance of team buy-in and shares effective strategies to get the team ready fast.

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What’s Your Vibe?

There’s no way around it: When you’re a service professional, your vibe matters. Whether you’re meeting someone new in a networking scenario, or presenting to them in a shortlist interview, or interacting with them for the Nth time during a project, your vibe – How you’re being – can make all the difference in how other people think of you, and ultimately, whether or not they want to work with you.

In his latest post, Pete shares his thoughts about how to learn more about your vibe, and strengthen your ability to steer it.

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