Sunday, January 31, 2016
CEO WISDOM DISTILLED REGARDING YOUR PRESENTATION SKILLS
HAPPY NEW YEAR… It was a pleasure serving you during 2015 and we at EC trust you will benefit during 2016 from the complimentary tips, tools and advice we will share during 2016.
To start this year a fresh, you will enjoy the following quote:
“Few things seem to get CEOs riled up more than lengthy PowerPoint presentations!
It’s not the software they dislike as the software is just a tool
What irks CEO’s is the unfocused thinking that leads to overlong (boring) slide presentations
There is broad agreement that a major presentation problem is, “Death by PowerPoint”, which term has become a cliché, yet this does not stop masses of business people committing this presentation crime”.
The above quote is listed under the heading of ‘A simple mindset’ – one of five qualities that Adam Bryant maintains the best CEOs share, in his article Distilling the Wisdom of CEOs.
The other four qualities are: ‘Passionate Curiosity’, ‘Battle-Hardened Confidence’, ‘Team Smarts’ and ‘Fearlessness’
The article was adapted from Bryant’s book, The Corner Office: Indispensable and Unexpected Lessons from CEOs on How to Lead and Succeed, published by Times Books.
The phrase “unfocused thinking’ resonates for many business leaders. Many business people don’t think as they should! They don’t think prior to a business pitch or before a boardroom presentation – Many times there is not enough thought invested into audience centric, tailored key message(s) the presenter needs the audience/person to retain and/or act upon.
Of course, presenters also have to deliver the message with conviction, in a simple way at the start of the presentation. If they did think – they’d cut down, and in some cases not need PowerPoint slides when they present.
We at EC recommend you read Bryant’s book or at least his article and use this CEO insight for all business presentation preparation, meeting or interaction.
All the best with your business presentations!
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by effectivecommunication.com.au
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