Sims Wyeth, a top executive presentation coach, is the president of M Sims Wyeth LLC. He is also the author of The Essentials of Persuasive Public Speaking.
I respect data, but I don’t revere it as I revere wisdom and judgment. That’s why I believe leaders need soft skills. After all: Data is not complex. It doesn’t get context, it’s developed by subjective humans, it doesn’t reach… Read More »7 Reasons Why Leaders Need Soft Skills
What is the best way to learn? A pottery teacher split her class into two halves. To the first half she said, “You will spend the semester studying pottery, planning, designing and creating your perfect pot. At the end of… Read More »The Best Way to Learn
Actually, there are infinite ways to structure presentations, but these seven are the most popular. In any major art form that has stood the test of time there are structures. In poetry, there are sonnets–Shakespearean and Petrarchan, odes, epics, elegies, villanells, sestinas,… Read More »Infographic: 7 Ways to Structure Presentations
One Key to Persuasion Some years ago I met with leaders of a financial services firm. They wanted to hire me to improve the persuasive presentations that their client-facing team developed and delivered to prospects. We sat across a polished mahogany… Read More »One Key to Persuasion
Group psychology suggests that two changes occur when individuals are assembled into a group: There is an intensification of the emotions; and there is an inhibition of the intellect. There is also agreement that as the group grows in size,… Read More »Guys Who Speak at Rallies
Guess who is described below. He was at one time the most famous man in America. Identify the mystery man, and Sims Wyeth & Co. will send 10 lucky winners a very special copy of a book called A Zen… Read More »Guess Who