I have found that little things make for strong relationships.  In other words, sweat the small stuff because it’s the small stuff that will help you build and maintain strong, lasting, mutually beneficial relationships with the people who can help you create ... [Continue Reading]

A couple of years ago I received a press release from Randstad USA that I saved.  The press release focused on a study they did that identified the Top 7 Pet Peeves in the Workplace.  Here they are, with the percentage of people who identified each pet ... [Continue Reading]

This post is the first of 20 on relationship building – the final life and career success competency.  Relationships are an important key to creating the life and career success you want and deserve.  None of us can do it alone.  We all need other people if we ... [Continue Reading]

By now it should be pretty clear that I think that practicing your presentations – out loud – is the most important presentation success tip.  I’ve mentioned practice in the last five success tweets. Here’s a recap of why I think it is really important to ... [Continue Reading]

Many people fear making presentations.  That’s why they’re not very good at them.  I subscribe to James Malinchak’s ezine.  It’s always full of interesting anecdotes.  A couple of days ago, James told a very interesting story about a conversation he had with ... [Continue Reading]

Writing your presentation closing first is some of the best presentation and career advice I can give you. People remember two things about your talk: how you begin and how you finish.  They remember how you finish because that’s the last thing they hear.  ... [Continue Reading]

If you want to become a dynamic communicator and career success, you need to become an excellent presenter.  Presentations are an important communication tool.  Many careers have been made on the strength of one or two good presentations. A lot of people ... [Continue Reading]

The other day, I was at a workshop and one of the speakers was clearly nervous.  He began his talk by telling the old story about the survey that asked people to name their greatest fear.  Public speaking came in first, by a large margin.  Death was fourth.  ... [Continue Reading]