As you can see, many people like to tell us how they’ve used their new skills. For example, to win a new piece of business or deliver a particularly successful presentation.
Partner Performance Pressure
Whether you’re a lawyer presenting for the first time or a lawyer who has been giving speeches for years, I am often asked, ‘How can I deliver a speech that is informative, hold the audience’s attention and be inspiring?’
Interview techniques for lawyers
For many, becoming a partner is one of the most important milestones a lawyer can reach. Yet no matter how technically brilliant lawyers may be at their job, all too often they fail to present themselves in the right way.
How to impress at your partnership interview
You’ve just been invited to present for partnership. A partner - it’s what all your years of hard work have been gearing towards. There is one key obstacle that is exercising your attention ……… the presentation.
How to be brilliant at business networking
It is seven o’clock in the evening and your local Chamber of Commerce's annual party is in full swing. Wherever you turn, everyone seems to be animated in conversation. Everyone, apart from you that is.
Banish the boredom
Legal TV dramas have a lot to answer for. Watch any episode of LA Law and you would get the impression that US lawyers have to pass a test for good looks as well as their law exams.
Presenting to colleagues, clients and investors
Who do you think is a particularly influential speaker – Tony Blair or Bill Clinton, perhaps Barack Obama, Warren Buffett or maybe Richard Branson?