Brand new to your career? How to value yourself and own your worth from day one.
This is a post by my intern, Sarah Voigt. She’s a final year journalism and creative writing student, and has lots to say about Gen Ys and how they perceive their worth. See below! Tricia Final year university is a bit of a mystery. I almost have my degree, I could just about apply for a […]
Self assurance, confidence, and what to do when you come under fire
I have a client who writes blog posts for a well known and extremely popular online site. She was tickled pink to get the gig, and her words on the site drive traffic to her already booming online neck of the woods. My client is a self-proclaimed activist. She’s on a mission and you’d better […]
The story of the day spa and the clock (and why you need to ask for what you want)
A facial plus a hand treatment. The result of a birthday gift voucher I couldn’t wait to spend. I did wait though, deciding to save it for part of my wind down ritual after a Powerful Speaking Intensive weekend (it’s not called an Intensive for nothing). I booked the treatments. I turned up to the […]
Asking for something you want? What are you prepared to give?
This asking for what you want thing is a big deal. Time and again, women tell me they either don’t ask often enough, or when they do, they don’t even get close to the results they want. That means there are opportunities being wasted. Financial rewards going to someone else. Help not being received. New […]
How to penetrate a lack of attention from your audience
Speaking at a lunch is tricky. With waiters clearing plates and topping up wine glasses, people trying not to speak but whispering anyway because they haven’t finished with their calamari and want to say so before their plate’s whisked away, a guy reaching down to pick up his napkin, and the woman at the end […]
The art of the ask
A favour. A pay rise. A new project. An opportunity. Want it? Then ask for it. Be bold. I work with a lot of women, and know quite a few more, who don’t ask. They don’t like to. It’s as if they believe that if they ask, they’re being a nuisance, or making life difficult […]
The conversations you don’t want to have… and why they’re good.
Tough. Difficult. Confronting. Conversations that conjure fear and trepidation before they even begin. Confronting Conversations is a topic I’m frequently asked to speak about. After my first presentation to a women’s mentoring group, news spread like wild fire, and I’ve been invited to other groups again and again. It doesn’t surprise me. There are two […]
Not everyone will like you. Speak anyway.
Not everyone will like you. You know that. Your mind comprehends it. So why does the fear or rejection stretch all the way to the moon when you have to stand up in front of an audience? A few months back I spoke at a paper bag lunch. I’d been invited by a consultant to […]
Why and how powerful speakers tell people what to do
My daughter doesn’t like being told what to do. In fact, in our household of three rather strong characters, no-one likes being told what to do. My darling girl’s usual response to a directive (more so to one of her dad’s than mine) is: You’re not the boss of me! Just for the record, she […]
Eye Contact: Look at me please!
This is my daughter playing a mini green giant in a kids’ performance of Ella Enchanted last week. Shows like these warm the cockles of my heart. I love watching my girl on stage, even though she forgets half the words in the songs and lots of the dance steps. Which is why, she told […]
