Author: Georgina Kirk

One of the most effective ways to combat nerves in the hours and minutes before a business pitch or other presentation, an interview, a lecture,

A pause is a tool of immense power. It facilitates and improves communication, benefiting both speaker and listener – and yet it is woefully underused.

“Just be yourself.” How many times have you been given this advice in the run-up to an interview, presentation or speech? How useful have you

Self-consciousness is one of the biggest barriers to putting yourself across. Worrying about what everyone else is thinking of you holds you back in so

When it comes to putting yourself across, it’s useful to bear in mind two contradictory spotlight-related phenomena and to tread a confident path between them.

It’s an annoying quirk of nature that it’s exactly at the times we’re most concerned to appear smooth and in control (making a speech, being