by Steven Maddocks | 8 August, 2026 | Body Language, Nerves, Online Meetings
I was chatting with a prospective client, a sustainable investment policy lead, about some presentation coaching I might do with him. I asked him what portion of his presenting happens online versus in-person. His answer – around 70% – is pretty typical. Online vs....
by Steven Maddocks | 7 August, 2026 | Body Language, Nerves, Online Meetings
Another client I was working with recently asked me for a ’10-second reset’. ‘Something strange happens at online meetings,’ he said. ‘I get incredibly restless in my chair. I feel trapped and I want to escape. My concentration wanders all over the place. It’s almost...
by Steven Maddocks | 6 August, 2026 | Body Language, Nerves, Online Meetings
Another client I was working with recently asked me for a ’10-second reset’. ‘Something strange happens at online meetings,’ he said. ‘I get incredibly restless in my chair. I feel trapped and I want to escape. My concentration wanders all over the place. It’s almost...
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 Steven Maddocks | 16 November, 2022 | Body Language, Building Confidence, Nerves
At MSB Executive, posture work is a regular feature of our sessions. We help our clients to express confidence and authority by adjusting how they sit and stand. Our experience in the acting profession has also taught us that our physicality generates inward feedback....
