Michelle Mazur
My brain was ahead of mouth. My mouth wanted to catch up so my brain ordered it to cut out a few syallables. What should have been “Quite a bit of research” was shortened to bit + the ch part of research. As the word hung in the air, mortified I glanced out at the…
Read MoreWhen I first started out as a speaker, I had the most spastic gestures. A typical New Yorker, I had a gesture for every syllable that I uttered. When I wasn’t gesturing, I held my hand in prairie dog position. Cute for a rodent but not so effective for a speaker. During one coaching session,…
Read MoreGoogling “fear of public speaking” yields 30.5 million hits. The first page of results tells us how to fight, conquer, manage and overcome the fear of public speaking. I say we should embrace our fear, sit uncomfortably with it, and then as public speaking coach, Rich Hopkins, says Speak Anyway. Whenever I am about to…
Read More“Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches had bellies with stars. The Plain-Belly Sneetches had none upon thars. Those stars weren’t so big. They were really so small. You might think such a thing wouldn’t matter at all.” -Dr. Seuss Are titles the Star-Belly Sneetches of your organization? Titles are stupid. Most leaders realize that titles are dumb,…
Read MoreOn Facebook, I posted: Being micromanaged makes me feel_____________. Here were the responses I received: as though time/money/energy/effort is being wasted. It makes me wonder why I’m here in the first place if they’d obviously rather be doing it themselves. like punching my boss in the huevos. like having a drink like telling my boss to…
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