Black Isle Group Blog

One of the reasons I raise this point is because I have been asked to help a woman who is surrounded by men who are louder and more dominant than her. Many women do have a naturally softer style than men and sometimes I see them pretending to be loud and dominating too in order to compete. It doesn't really work.

More and more I hear from our clients the increasing need to conduct business over the phone. This is never going to be as effective as face to face communication, so I would always urge doing that where possible. It is clear however that travel budgets just don't allow this as much these days – if at all. So if you do find you are speaking to your clients and stakeholders a great deal over the phone then this is how you can get more from the calls.

So many of you come to us saying you want to increase the engagement with your audience when you speak. It still mystifies me therefore why so many people are still adamant that word slides help with this engagement.