Impact Skills Training Podcast

Do You Powerfully Communicate Your Key Message? 1. Headlines First? 2. Evidence First?  For most, time is short.  Here's one powerful way to ensure your key message is received in a timely manner. Inductive vs. Deductive methodology - which is best to use when, and why? #inductive #deductive #presenting #presentationskills #presentationtraining #laithhofayz #impactskills #onlinemeetings #zoom...

Don't do these 3 Things - You'll be a better Presenter! We've all sat through presentations that are simply not engaging.  Bluntly, sometimes it's what the speaker is 'saying', sometimes it's what they're doing; * Reading sentences * Bullet Overload * Tiny Font    Or perhaps turning their back on you?  ...then reading from the screen?  Great research by Para...

12 Easy Tips To Become a GREAT Virtual-World Listener !    If you're struggling to get heard, or, you think you are not being heard - here are a few great tips to ensure your online meetings are Less Frustrating and More Effective!  Enjoy. Any questions or comments ?  Let me know!   Always very happy to help.  Thank you for watching. #listeningskills #listening #activelistening #virtualmeetin...

No #1 Best Kept Secret to Powerful Presentations! Skilled and Experienced presenters use this One Skill to great effect.  It builds anticipation, excitement and drama.  It draws your audiences in like a magnet! Is it simple?  Yes.   Is it easy?  No.  It takes discipline and lots of practice.  But you can *definitely* do it.    So, to fully captivate and engage your audience, use this little known...

Since we are all in the same ... "Worlds Biggest immediate WFH Experiment !" - I thought a short piece on Mindset and Communication may help the community.  WFH undoubtedly has it's Pro's & Con's.   However, working in a 2-Dimensional world - can be a bit odd.  Speaking to an inanimate object (your screen!) all day is not without its challenges.  I hope this short vide...

Simplicity at it's best!  John Adair's simple Action-Centered Leadership -identified in 1973- almost 50 years ago (!) is based on three Elements: * Task * Team * Individual It provides a great blueprint for any Leader to identify key components of a project.  This makes it easy to remember,  apply and to adapt. Being able to monitor and balance all three elements successfully - is the ma...

Ten Tips For Your Business to Fight & Flourish during the Pandemic! How to survive, and thrive - during, and beyond the pandemic. Ten Tips to Fight & Flourish! Your Business & Leaders 'Resilience Kit' video below :) I've had dozens of conversations during the lockdown period, ranging from small business owners, to C-level Executives in large multinationals over the last...

As leaders in these times, simple but effective tools are critical. The Skill Will Matrix [Max Landsberg] is a case in point. Its genius is 'simplicity'. As Leaders it's a powerful tool to use on Zoom calls in our 'New Normal'. The idea is to better understand how to coach and mentor people. During lockdown, it maybe the ideal tool to support and develop your team & co...

Knowing these 5 Team Formations steps will help you as Leader to ensure a project is completed effectively, on time, with minimum disruption. In the real world - or Virtually! You simply can't expect a 'collection of people' a 'group of individuals' -not yet a functioning team- to perform well when they are first assembled. Knowing Bruce Tuckman's Forming, Storming, N...

Why Your Virtual Perception Matters... and how these 4 seated positions that may not be serving you! “All things exist as they are perceived: at least in relation to the percipient" [Percy Shelly, Poet] How you come across online in the virtual world is key to success post-corona. There's no doubt your skill & knowledge in a professional capacity is unquestionable. However, how well...

3 Easy Steps To Avoid Giving Boring Presentations! Unfortunately, things that are easy to do, are also easy not to do! In the case of presentations -virtual or otherwise- simply investing some time thinking about your audience profile, and organising your message to ensure it's 'Relevant and Meaningful' (to that particular audience) is time extremely well spent! Hint: Relevance is K...

Ten Tips For Your Business to Fight & Flourish during the Pandemic! How to survive, and thrive - during, and beyond the pandemic. Ten Tips to Fight & Flourish! Your Business & Leaders 'Resilience Kit' video below :) I've had dozens of conversations during the lockdown period, ranging from small business owners, to C-level Executives in large multinationals over the last...