I get approached a lot by people who tell me that they can’t make decisions.  Sometimes they’ll mention getting stuck in analysis paralysis.  Now I’m all for a catchy name like, “analysis paralysis,” but I’ve got to tell you, this phrase gets me concerned that we’re looking at a confidence issue. Confidence issues come in

I recently got a call from a guy who needed some immediate help getting prepared for his next presentation. He was new to public seminars and, as sometimes happens to inexperienced speakers, his audience took over the presentation. Have you ever been there when this has happened? It starts out innocent enough with a person

From time-to-time I get approached with the question, “can I get rid of presentation anxiety?” The answer is, it depends and it really depends on your level of anxiety. Some level of nervousness is not unusual before a presentation. This kind of nervousness resolves itself quickly as the presentation gets underway. And this isn’t necessarily

Leaders are decisive.  And this is not an easy thing for many people. And here’s the great thing, you can learn to be more decisive.  You’re not stuck with your current ability to make a decision and take action.  It comes down to something you’ve probably heard from me time and time again, confidence.  Confidence

In a world of seemingly endless tasks and action-items, the ability to know when something is finally done is extremely important.  Even if you know when something is done, what do you do if someone on your team doesn’t seem to know when a task is complete? Not knowing when something’s done relates to the problems of