How to master the magical moment at the beginning of your presentation How do you feel when you have to speak in front of an audience? Will you climb the podium fearlessly and just get started? With a lot of safety and stability? Or are you, like the majority of people, one of those speakers who come forward with rather weak knees and [...]
To put it bluntly: Do you make yourself heard at all? Or are you one of those people who fall completely silent in meetings in the face of the eloquence of some colleagues? Do you have an opinion, very good ideas for the project being discussed? But, before you get around to clearing your throat briefly and summon up the necessary courage to speak, [...]
A fully filled hall with an expectant audience. I sit in the second row and look forward to a speaker evening with many well-known colleagues. The lights are dimmed. There we go. From the right comes the moderation of the evening. She strides up the stairs to the stage on mile-high heels, but still confidently in step. She looks very good [...]
Recently on the ICE from Munich to Cologne. Every seat in the wagon is occupied. Passengers read, make phone calls, chat or work. Everyone is fully concentrated. The door of the open-plan car opens. The conductor appears. He stands quietly at the door. He looks over the whole wagon with a fixed gaze. With a firm footing and straight posture. A good one and a half [...]
Maybe it's just an echo of bygone times, this tip. I hear him again and again. And he immediately reminds me of those times when sitting upright at the school desk still influenced the behavior grade. And that the best way to achieve it was to stretch your arms behind the backrest. Those times, [...]
