There are 3 mental habits that prevent people from speaking up and getting recognized. And just like any other habit, these habits can be changed.

Sometimes you have better things to do than public speaking. Here are 5 ways to give a solid talk, with a reasonable amount of effort, instead of putting in a bunch of unpaid overtime.

You know how it goes: you want to start doing something, so you learn a bit about it and then you try it out. You’re thrilled to see how much you progress through the experience of doing the thing. Then you hit a plateau and realize that you’re not going to get much further by doing the same stuff you’ve been doing. You need to back up, re-assess, and invest in learning a new approach. Then you go test out those new skills and approaches, and the cycle repeats.

Both phases of that cycle - the intense learning and the fearless doing - are natural and essential, even though it’s natural to resist switching from one to the other.

Yes, prepared messaging can be a way to avoid being transparent about your real thoughts and intentions. The obvious example of this is when you see a politician parroting scripted talking points over and over, instead of engaging directly with reporters’ questions. But it doesn’t have to be. Planning can, in fact, be a way of making sure that your words more accurately express what you’re trying to say.

Your communication style is unique to you,  and the little details give signals to the world about who you are.  So what does your email sign-off tell others about your personality? Here's the 100% accurate, scientifically-proven* Stage Light Guide to What Your Email Sign-Off Says About You:

The truly brilliant thing about humans is our ability to take a mixed bag of experiences and create meaning out of them. But naturally, some people are better than others at storytelling. It is an art and there are techniques to improve this practice. Join along for valuable tips and insights.

If you've worked on multicultural teams, you'll know that culture can play a big part in how people communicate and it is common to have differences. Keep reading to discover one major cultural factor that might impact your relationships with your clients and colleagues - and what to do about it.

Today it’s all about how you capture and keep people’s attention with a good meeting opener, a good wrap-up, and good energy management in between those two things.

Use the Mountain Strategy to Keep Your Audience Engaged! It’s all about creating your 1-of-a-kind strategy where you focus on who YOU need to reach in order to meet your goals, and make sure you’re supporting that audience at every step of their journey.

Imagine gathering your team for a meeting and having people leave afterwards thinking "this could have been an email". In this video series I've got some tips that'll level-up your facilitation skills and help you run successful, engaging and productive meeting.

You can’t stop technology from being unreliable, but you CAN take steps so that you can stay in control when mishaps inevitably occur.

In the uncharted wilderness of public speaking, many speakers roam the terrains - some more successfully than others. Here are five speakers you’ll see in the wild. Observe them, learn from them, and evolve.

The world is full of well-meaning people doling out well-meaning advice. Unfortunately, just because advice is given with good intentions, that doesn't mean it's helpful.

This is especially true in the world of public speaking. Nuggets of truth tend to get distorted as they pass from person, like a game of Broken Telephone, until they're nothing but boring and unhelpful clichés. Then, when you try to do what you've been told and the results are less than stellar, you start to think, "Maybe I'm the problem."

You're (probably) not the problem. Here are three common public speaking tips to ignore - and what to do instead.

Millions of people are terrified of public speaking, even though it’s objectively very safe. To get over that fear, you need to understand how fear works and how to outsmart it.

There’s a piece of public-speaking wisdom that’s been circulating for a very long time: use humour in your speeches, but be careful. It’s good advice, but not exactly useful on its own. What are good ways to use humour, and what does “be careful”mean in the real world? There are few absolute answers to these questions, but it’s easier to make sense of them when you understand how humour works - and, importantly, how your sense of humour works.

There’s a tried-and-true method of marketing that’s stuck around through many changes in the way businesses communicate with their customers: recruiting public figures and respected authorities to get the public’s attention and endorse your product or service.