Beware The Veneer of Fear
It’s called the comfort zone for a reason. We are not lazy, we are scared. Surrounding our comfort zone is a veneer of fear. We fear rejection, looking stupid, feeling incompetent, uncomfortable emotions and failure. If you’re reading this article, you have already...
Does Your Company Need a PowerPoint Overhaul?
Last year during an interview, Jeff Bezos said ‘No PowerPoints are used inside of Amazon.’ He is not the first CEO to react this way. In 1997 Scott McNealy, then president of Sun Microsystems, banned the use of PowerPoint throughout his company and a 2015 article in...
The Three Networking Circles You Need
It was in 1624 when English poet coined the phrase “No man is an island.” Fast forward 400 years and social isolation has been proven to reduce your life expectancy. We all need people in our personal and professional lives. We need to be able to connect,...
Mind Matters
I want you to try something for me. imagine walking into a garden with a lemon tree. You reach up and pluck a bright iridescentyellow lemon. As you walk back to the kitchen you can feel the weight of the lemon in hand.You gently dig a fingernail into the rind, and you...
Sharon Ferrier, through her business ‘Persuasive Presentations’ consults to organisations and individuals who have a need to improve their communication, presentation skills and confidence in public speaking.