by Sharon Ferrier | Jul 29, 2024 | Confidence,Persuasion,Speaking
Herb Elliott was the Cathy Freeman of his time. In 1958 at the age of 20, he became the youngest runner to beat the four-minute mile and, later that year, set a new world record of 3 min 54.5 seconds. By 1960, he was at his peak and ready for the Rome Olympics, an...
by Sharon Ferrier | Jul 3, 2024 | Confidence,Persuasion,Speaking
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...
by Sharon Ferrier | May 20, 2024 | Powerpoint, Presentation skills
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...
by Sharon Ferrier | Apr 15, 2024 | Networking
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,...