A few months ago I was having a pint with a mate of mine and he seemed a bit agitated. I asked him what was going on. “Let’s get another round, and I’ll tell you,” he said, rolling his eyes.
I’d scarcely got the drinks back to the table, and he was off. He launched into a tirade about a meeting at work the previous week and how unimpressed he was…
Would you take a seat on a plane with a pilot who’s never flown before? I doubt it. And I think you’d be pretty unhappy if your Premier League team did no pre-season training. Either of those would be unthinkable. At worst, life threatening; at least, risking a poor…
Tired of attending pointless meetings when you could be doing something more productive? If that’s how you feel, wouldn’t you like to make sure that doesn’t happen to the people who attend meetings you arrange?
What if you planned your next meeting the way you plan a dinner party?
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A few months ago I was having a pint with a mate of mine and he seemed a bit agitated. I asked him what was going on. “Let’s get another round, and I’ll tell you,” he said, rolling his eyes.
I’d scarcely got the drinks back to the table, and he was off. He launched into a tirade about a meeting at work the previous week and how unimpressed he was…
The starter’s gun fires. The sprinters drive hard off their starting blocks and seem to fly over the hurdles in their lanes. It’s neck and neck until all of a sudden the unexpected happens. One of the athletes clips the top of the last hurdle and tumbles headlong to the ground, with the winner’s tape tantalisingly out of reach. Sadly, that’s what happens time and time again to sales presentations that have been otherwise well prepared and faultlessly delivered - until that final moment. Result? No sale. Want to know how to fix this in less than 90 seconds?
