What would you give to be (more) confident, assertive, optimistic and cool, calm and collected under pressure? Imagine if all it took was to change your posture for just two minutes!
Most people don’t step outside their comfort zone and go talk to someone else. But in doing that they miss out on the potential to meet someone that could make a significant difference in their lives.
How many times have you explained something to someone or asked them to do something and, as a result of their actions, realised they completely misunderstand what you meant?
You might struggle to accept this, but it turns out that we make almost all of our decisions emotionally, and then justify them with logic. So how can this insight help us in our day to day decision making at work or at play?
We often hear about the need to influence others to help achieve our job and business goals. What we don’t really hear much about is how we should do that, Campbell Such, GM IT for Bidvest, offers three practical ideas to consider as useful additions to the way you present your proposals.