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To create impact you need to work on yourself in a number of different ways.
Using this book,you can work systematically through each section or dip in at the appropriate place.
Gaining control – the inner thinking toolkit
l Understanding yourself
l Being mentally prepared
l Getting support
Impact from the outside in
l Communicating with impact
l Creating physical presence
l Using your voice
Developing your personal brand
l Identifying you brand
l Creating your brand
l Developing brand awareness
Adapting to the environment
l Adapting your style
l Creating impact in different situations
l Planning or success
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Start right now
Inner thinking toolkit impact from the outside in
Developing your personal brand
Adapting to the environment
Gaining control – the inner thinking toolkit
Questionnaire
Impact and presence is as much about you as it is about how you look.The section will focus on your ‘inner engine’.Look at the questions
Below to determine how aware you are of the importance of your inner thinking toolkit.Spend some time reflection on your answers.
Each question relates to some aspect of you self-confidence and how this is expressed.
1. Do you think positively or negatively about your impact on others?
2. When communicationg.do you ever anticipate what others might be thinking about you ?
3. How does stress manifest itself with you?
4. Do you control your stress levels when anxious?how?
5. When do you feel at your most confident?
6. When do you feel at your least confident?
7. Do you sometimes feel self-conscious?
8. Do you feel like a different person at work from how you feel at home or with friends? If so.what changes?
9. Do you feel comfortable with how you look?
10. Whick are you more aware of :your strenghths or your weaknesses?
11. Do you feel powerful? If so.when?
12. Are you aware of your inner critic?
13. when do you feel at your best?
14. Have you ever had a personal coach or mentor?
15. Do you prepare yourself mentally.physically and emotionally before communication?
16. Do you focus on the other person or people when communicating?
17.
The following pages will show you ways to strengthen your inner engine by:
l Understanding yourself
l Understanding what holds you back
l Identifying ways of preparing yourself mentally and emotionally to create great impact
Read this section,complete the exercises and then revisit these questions to review whether you now feel better equipped to create impact.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF
A first step in developing your personal impact and presence is identifying what it is that you want to project to others.
l What are you strengths?
l What are your values?this will provide a clue to what really motivates and inspires you
l How do you want others to see you ?
l How do you want to be?
Real presence and impact comes from being congruent at all these levels.
Remember you can’t sell yourself unless you know what you are selling.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
IDENTIFYING YOUR STRENGTHS
Try some of these exercises to identify your real strengths:
l List all your strengths and achievements.Looking back over your life so far.what different things have you enjoyed doing and what were you/are you good at?
l Draw up a personal SWOT analysis.Think about how make the most of the strengths and opportunities available to you
l Ask others what they see as your strengths
l How would your friends and colleagues describe you?
l Ask others to fill in the impact questionnaire for
l Bring your CV up-to-date and identify what you have to offer others.Create an aspirational CV imagining where you would like to be in five years’time.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Your values and inner motivation
Identifying your inner values is important,but may not be something you have given much time to.If you are not clear about your values,use these questions as a prompt:
l List five things you value in yourself and five things you value in others
l Think about a time when you were really motivated:what were you doing and what was it that motivated you?
l Think of five people you really respect (they can be friends.colleagues,leaders,etc).What is it you value about them? We often respect those with similar values to our own,so what does this tell you?...Now jot down some key messages:
The values I want ot convey to others are:
1…………………… 2…………………… 3……………………
I want others to see me as someone who……………………
The chances are that if you are living your values.your passion will shine through.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Stress responses and impact consequences
To understand impact you need to understand your responses to stress.Stress responses are governed by our primitive brain functions and send us automatically into either a fight or flight mode.Handing stress badly can hold us back.These responses are easily recognisable and have a dramatic influence on how we come across.
Stress responses impact consequences
Raised hearbeat
l Feeling of panic
l Talking too quickly
Blood moves away from peripheral areas
l Unable to focus/listen clearly
l May be unable to pick up on cues and responses from your audience
The brain is focused on fight or flight
l Messages from your long-term memory aren’t communicated effectively to your short-term memory.leading to slow thinking and,in extreme cases,stage fright
Temperature changes
l From sweating/flushes to feeling extremely cold
Dry mouth
l Voice can be less expressive.can be difficult to get the words out
Emotional reaction
l Your become aggressive or submissive;less assertive
l Voice tone reflects the emotional reaction
l Body language changes into either defensive/protective responses(arms crossed,looking down,closed posture) or more aggressive response,eg finger pointing
If you can learn to manage these fears you can learn to manage your impact.The first step is to know your inner critic and then develop ways to overcome it.
START RIGHT NOW
To create impact you need to work on yourself in a number of different ways.
Using this book,you can work systematically through each section or dip in at the appropriate place.
Gaining control – the inner thinking toolkit
l Understanding yourself
l Being mentally prepared
l Getting support
Impact from the outside in
l Communicating with impact
l Creating physical presence
l Using your voice
Developing your personal brand
l Identifying you brand
l Creating your brand
l Developing brand awareness
Adapting to the environment
l Adapting your style
l Creating impact in different situations
l Planning or success
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Start right now
Inner thinking toolkit impact from the outside in
Developing your personal brand
Adapting to the environment
Gaining control – the inner thinking toolkit
Questionnaire
Impact and presence is as much about you as it is about how you look.The section will focus on your ‘inner engine’.Look at the questions
Below to determine how aware you are of the importance of your inner thinking toolkit.Spend some time reflection on your answers.
Each question relates to some aspect of you self-confidence and how this is expressed.
1. Do you think positively or negatively about your impact on others?
2. When communicationg.do you ever anticipate what others might be thinking about you ?
3. How does stress manifest itself with you?
4. Do you control your stress levels when anxious?how?
5. When do you feel at your most confident?
6. When do you feel at your least confident?
7. Do you sometimes feel self-conscious?
8. Do you feel like a different person at work from how you feel at home or with friends? If so.what changes?
9. Do you feel comfortable with how you look?
10. Whick are you more aware of :your strenghths or your weaknesses?
11. Do you feel powerful? If so.when?
12. Are you aware of your inner critic?
13. when do you feel at your best?
14. Have you ever had a personal coach or mentor?
15. Do you prepare yourself mentally.physically and emotionally before communication?
16. Do you focus on the other person or people when communicating?
17.
The following pages will show you ways to strengthen your inner engine by:
l Understanding yourself
l Understanding what holds you back
l Identifying ways of preparing yourself mentally and emotionally to create great impact
Read this section,complete the exercises and then revisit these questions to review whether you now feel better equipped to create impact.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF
A first step in developing your personal impact and presence is identifying what it is that you want to project to others.
l What are you strengths?
l What are your values?this will provide a clue to what really motivates and inspires you
l How do you want others to see you ?
l How do you want to be?
Real presence and impact comes from being congruent at all these levels.
Remember you can’t sell yourself unless you know what you are selling.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
IDENTIFYING YOUR STRENGTHS
Try some of these exercises to identify your real strengths:
l List all your strengths and achievements.Looking back over your life so far.what different things have you enjoyed doing and what were you/are you good at?
l Draw up a personal SWOT analysis.Think about how make the most of the strengths and opportunities available to you
l Ask others what they see as your strengths
l How would your friends and colleagues describe you?
l Ask others to fill in the impact questionnaire for
l Bring your CV up-to-date and identify what you have to offer others.Create an aspirational CV imagining where you would like to be in five years’time.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Your values and inner motivation
Identifying your inner values is important,but may not be something you have given much time to.If you are not clear about your values,use these questions as a prompt:
l List five things you value in yourself and five things you value in others
l Think about a time when you were really motivated:what were you doing and what was it that motivated you?
l Think of five people you really respect (they can be friends.colleagues,leaders,etc).What is it you value about them? We often respect those with similar values to our own,so what does this tell you?...Now jot down some key messages:
The values I want ot convey to others are:
1…………………… 2…………………… 3……………………
I want others to see me as someone who……………………
The chances are that if you are living your values.your passion will shine through.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Stress responses and impact consequences
To understand impact you need to understand your responses to stress.Stress responses are governed by our primitive brain functions and send us automatically into either a fight or flight mode.Handing stress badly can hold us back.These responses are easily recognisable and have a dramatic influence on how we come across.
Stress responses impact consequences
Raised hearbeat
l Feeling of panic
l Talking too quickly
Blood moves away from peripheral areas
l Unable to focus/listen clearly
l May be unable to pick up on cues and responses from your audience
The brain is focused on fight or flight
l Messages from your long-term memory aren’t communicated effectively to your short-term memory.leading to slow thinking and,in extreme cases,stage fright
Temperature changes
l From sweating/flushes to feeling extremely cold
Dry mouth
l Voice can be less expressive.can be difficult to get the words out
Emotional reaction
l Your become aggressive or submissive;less assertive
l Voice tone reflects the emotional reaction
l Body language changes into either defensive/protective responses(arms crossed,looking down,closed posture) or more aggressive response,eg finger pointing
If you can learn to manage these fears you can learn to manage your impact.The first step is to know your inner critic and then develop ways to overcome it.