I'm a public-speaking expert, and I've trained many executives and senior teams. I tell all of them to stop starting work presentations with a salutation or a "hello." Instead, you should engage your ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rachel Wells is a writer who covers leadership, AI, and upskilling. The corporate world has a meetings problem. And if you're ...

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When his company vice president requested a presentation to the executive team, William (not his real name) felt a familiar twinge of anxiety. Because William was aware he used too many filler words, ...

Nick Gold is managing director of Speakers Corner, a UK agency representing public speakers. He said work presentations should focus on two or three key points and keep slides under 10 words. Gold ...

It was a glass-walled boardroom on the 18th floor of a large enterprise client’s office. The kind of room where every decision carries reputational risk. The sales leader had prepared well. Forty ...