|
What introverted leaders said about the challenges
of Presentations and Public Speaking
- “I strongly dislike making presentations to groups of people.”
- “While I was happy to give talks or make speeches and answer
questions, I'd be much less comfortable in a public debate unless I was
very familiar with the subject matter.”
- “I dislike public speaking as a rule, although I can do it effectively if I
am clear on my role and the groups are not too big and impersonal.”
- “I was uncomfortable with large groups and combative question and
answer sessions at, for example, regional and national staff
conferences. While senior colleagues trusted me in a management team
context they did not feel I was getting over well enough the headline
message to their staff. I was putting too much into the content of
addresses and too little into the emotional engagement with the
audience, and as I became increasingly aware of this gap it increased
stress and that in turn weakened my projection to others.”
- “The inevitable speaking to large groups has grown easier over the
years but is still not something I relish.”
- “Positive thinking tends to fly out of the window! I become
uncomfortable with who I am and how I believe I am coming across -
this negative reinforcement is less than helpful.”
|
