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Are you someone who hates the sound of silence? Some people find silences very troublesome and can’t resist the urge to fill pauses with rather than sit them out and wait to see what’s coming next. Others prefer to sit back and listen before adding to a conversation. But what happens when these two conversational […]
If I told you that the secret to making your next presentation a success was to visualise it in advance, no doubt some of you would be wondering if I’d swapped a suit for a string of beads and a headband… After all, visualisation and manifestation are often bundled up together with gamma waves, heightened […]
Autumn coincides with the political party conference season in the UK. Like many big conferences these are filled with many speeches and most of these are very forgettable. Rhetorical saturation, platitude overload and themes that are drier than dog biscuits translate as a bleak consumer experience for the audience. I have written before about how […]
Let’s start this month’s reflection by rolling out the reliable cliché that ‘a week is a long time in politics’. With so many elections taking place this year, I may regret using that line now, but the week in question – August’s Democratic National Convention – is worth mentioning. The Americans sure know how to […]
“I think you really need to be more confident….” Does this phrase sound familiar? Are you a person who has said this phrase to a colleague in a professional environment? Or perhaps you are a person who has had this phrase said to you instead. If it’s the latter, how did that make you feel? […]
Rhetoric is at the heart of the battle for power in at least 64 countries which go to the polls this year – an extraordinary year in politics. While the Ancient sandals may have been swapped for Oxford brogues, Aristotle’s rhetorical pillars of ethos, pathos and logos have never been more relevant. Just where is […]