When you’re trying to help a presentation team get ready, you need to be supportive, nurturing, and encouraging. But sometimes you have to get tough when the team is holding back or resisting practice. In this post, Dean explains the simple concepts of stepping up and getting stern when you know they need it.
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High-pressure moments don’t break us — but they can reveal us. When the stakes rise, like in a key presentation or crucial conversation, it’s easy to focus on getting everything perfect. But perfection isn’t what moves people — presence is.
In this post, Dean shares a simple but powerful way to prepare not just your words, but your mindset, so you can step into high-stakes moments with confidence, clarity, and real connection.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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