I get to train and coach employees, students and business executives frequently on the science of public speaking. Why is this important for your career? It’s simple: YOU WILL NEED TO COMMUNICATE.

That’s the reason. Communication is one of the most valuable skills for every career.

Whether you are a trainer/consultant, an On Air Personality, a sales person, an event host, faith based preacher, an activist, or just a professional in your workplace, COMMUNICATION SKILL is most essential.

Whether you are presenting to an audience of two or twenty or two hundred, it’s the same set of principles that you get to engage. Let me share with you a few as this will boost your communication skill in your career.

The first is this:

Whenever you have a presentation to deliver, a meeting to host/attend, a talk to deliver, an interview to anchor… whatever it is, the first RULE of thumb is to GET PREPARED.

Preparation kills doubt, it brings down the fright of presenting, because you are prepared. Do your due diligence, research about it, get prepared. Don’t be negligent.

Someone once asked me, Mr. Abraham, what if it’s an impromptu speech, yeahhh

You can still prepare. As I commonly say, preparation is not in the hours and months but the heart and the thoughts. So, I can prepare for 60 seconds, for 6mins, for 60minutes. It’s all in levels, but you can always prepare at whatever level or circumstance you find yourself. That’s the first RULE of thumb: PREPARATION.

The second is like the first: BE YOURSELF

You don’t need to copy or mimic another person. Just be yourself! There is so much beauty in your ORIGINALITY. Don’t trade it. Be yourself, everyone else is taken as Robin Sharma will say.

Lastly,

For effective communication to happen, make your presentation around this formular: I call it the 4W + 1H. For example,

What. (What is this?)

Who (Who started it/invented it?)

Where (Where did all start from?)

When (When exactly?) AND THEN,

HOW (Here you share on practical ways to achieve whatever you are sharing)

I hope these strategies will help you to improve on your communication. Remember, you will always need to communicate.

Yes, it’s been a great month sharing life moulding nuggets on CAREER. There is just so much to share. You can get my book, the Career Leader at any leading bookshop or better still, let me coach you directly on your career, send me a Direct message on my social media handle @AbrahamOwoseni on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and we can take it on from there.

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The 'SPECS' of Responsibility | EP 66

Life Moulding Nuggets with Dr. Abraham OwoseniBy Dr. Abraham OwoseniDec 06, 2022