280 Crucial Presentations

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Business & Finance

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Usually when we hear the term “presentation”, we think of a public arena, a big crowd and a lot of formality. These public occasions are important because this is your personal and professional brand on show to the world. There are other presentations though, which are in the family bosom of the company, away from the bright lights and the fanfare. This is when you are addressing the troops, people who see you day in and day out. They know who you really are. In these cases we may need to recognise people, perhaps hand out awards, celebrate a birthday or work anniversary. This is our crew but don’t take them for granted. We can’t be laid back about it and think it is not as important as a public soiree. We still have to prepare properly. This is inside the family, so the temptation is to see the stakes as being lower. Actually, these types of speeches are the hardest ones to give and we need to be at our best. Engagement and motivation are closely driven by how we make our people feel. How much attention we give them and how we treat them, are critical elements of our authentic leadership. Typically though, we don’t prepare, we just wing it and so end up with a pretty ordinary facsimile of a proper presentation. Wrong thinking! Well what we should we do? Here is a simple four part formula for these occasions. Firstly, explain why the award is being made. It may be for dedicated service, high quality job performance, a major sales achievement, etc. Probably everyone knows already, but we need to remind them and set the scene for the presentation. For example, “Mary has won the sales over $500,000 medal” which is pretty boring. Compare it to, “Mary beat out hundreds of other salespeople to make it into the very exclusive half a million dollars club of outstanding salespeople”. We need to set the context for

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