2025-06-05

Presentation Skills

7 habits that quietly kill your influence:

• Starting with the data
• Using passive language
• Presenting 5 insights at once
• Explaining everything you did
• Assuming they remember context
• Avoiding giving a recommendation
• Using visuals that require decoding

Instead:

• Start with what’s at stake / the opportunity
• Use direct and active language (own it!)
• Present 1 idea (+ supporting evidence)
• Explain your point, not your process
• Recap context before you dig in
• Recommend a few next steps
• Use visuals that tell a story