Market volatility is back. Corporate valuations are under the microscope. Today’s leaders need to demonstrate they can manage through uncertainty and remain agile in the face of one black swan event after another. When it […]
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I am grateful to share with you my first publication in Harvard Business Review. It is about how the power of generosity can help overcome speaking anxiety. To Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking, Stop Thinking […]
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I am excited to share our new HBR article I co-authored with Rae Ringel, CEO of the Ringel Group about how to present to a hybrid audience. Zoom was the public speaking challenge of 2020. Hybrid […]
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By Johnny C. Taylor Jr. and Sarah Gershman First, there were “Zoom shirts.” Now, workplaces face another remote work phenomenon: “Zoom fatigue.” This new form of exhaustion started to set in as employees found themselves […]
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The more I coach people on Zoom speaking, the more I realize how unsettling, unnatural (and unpleasant!) it can feel to communicate this way. I don’t think we fully realized how much we rely on […]
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No matter who or where you are right now, a big chunk of the last few months has probably been spent talking to people on a screen through Zoom, Skype, FaceTime and any number of […]
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You join a video conference call. You’re one of nine faces on the screen. About 10 minutes into the call, your mind starts to wander and you realize you have no idea what the last […]
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Originally Published March 18, 2020 – Training Industry Website. People often lament that in-person conference panels are dull, lifeless and confusing, even though the best experts might be at the table and the discussion topic […]
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Originally Published December 3, 2019 – Training Industry Website. It’s an employee’s nightmare: You’re at your desk, working on a big project, when your boss walks in and asks for an update. Immediately, you panic. […]
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I recently worked with a newly minted CEO who, faced with an upcoming presentation, worried about his “lack of charisma.” He was an engineer by training and an introvert who felt uncomfortable speaking in front […]
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