by Nicola Hainey | 6 June, 2023 | Authority, Body Language, Building Confidence, Client Skills, Communication
Assertive communication – some people want it, some people fear it, other people overdo it! Life is too short to not speak up and be heard or to be so focussed on exerting control that you damage relationships along the way. It’s important to speak up, but how can we...
by Martyn Barmby | 18 April, 2023 | Authority, Body Language, Building Confidence, Featured, Nerves, Public Speaking
In Part 1 of this two-part series, we gave ChatGPT a chance to write one of our blogs. How did it get on? The task for ChatGPT: Write me a blog on ‘How to Overcome Nerves when Speaking in Public’ Grade: ChatGPT recently passed its MBA exam at the Wharton...
by Martyn Barmby | 6 April, 2023 | Authority, Body Language, Building Confidence, Featured, Nerves, Public Speaking
At MSB Executive we love writing our blogs. An interesting topic comes up in the office, and someone dashes off to write a blog to share with the the world. But very occasionally this doesn’t happen. Sometimes we are all simply too busy running workshops or...
by Martyn Barmby | 19 November, 2020 | Authority, Online Meetings, Presenting to Camera, Public Speaking, Q&As
History was made at Prime Minister’s Question Time yesterday when Boris Johnson took part by video link. We were interested in how this would affect the dynamic of the exchanges, particularly with the leader of the opposition Keir Starmer. We noticed an...
by Martyn Barmby | 5 October, 2020 | Authority, Building Confidence, Difficult Conversations, Leadership, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking
Some communications lessons from the first US Presidential Debate We are always keen observers of communications in politics and US politics in particular. Although the first US Presidential debate seems a long time ago given events since then, we wanted to capture...
by Martyn Barmby | 23 April, 2020 | Authority, Body Language, Online Meetings, Presentation Skills, Presenting to Camera, Voice
The correct posture is so important at online meetings to help us not only look calm and relaxed but also to ensure we breathe well. Our Head of Voice at MSB Executive; Steven Maddocks shares his invaluable insights on how to achieve the optimal posture at online...
