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And I'm Mark.

Today's podcast, presenting failures chapter one, front of room behaviors, part one of one.

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The questions this cast answers are, what are some common presentation mistakes?

How effective are most managers when they are presenting?

Not.

And how can I improve my presenting skills?

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So Mark, too many managers, and frankly, you'd think it'd get better, but it doesn't.

The majority of executives as well, exactly, are terrible at presenting.

But folks, getting good at presenting is like getting good at managing.

And what that means over here at manager tools is, since everyone else is so terrible, all you have to do to be seen as excellent is not be terrible.

And part of the problem, really in this respect, is most of us tell ourselves that we're good at it.

And the reason we can get away with continuing

to do that, is because no one ever tells us that we're horrible. Yeah, the average manager is,

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