Notebook needed

Penny Haslam 10th January 2020Blog, Coaching & training, Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous, Your visibility

I hope you got a new notebook or lovely pen this Christmas, a small but wonderful gift for creativity and getting organised. I got sent a pen, made of wood – I know, how very eco! I mention this…

A ‘journey’ of discovery

Penny Haslam 3rd October 2019Blog, Coaching & training, Event host & moderator, Make Yourself a Little More Confident, Speaking, Vlog

I thought the place was familiar. Last week I chaired a leadership conference at the same venue I’d delivered my first ever keynote. I had an ‘ooh, that was then, this is now’ moment of joyful back-patting. Always worth thinking about…

Bolster confidence by recalling a positive experience

Penny Haslam 23rd September 2019Coaching & training, Make Yourself a Little More Confident, Motivational speaker, Speaking, Vlog, Your speaking, Your visibility

Now I don’t know what age you are, but you’ll have surely understood by now that age breeds experience and the older you get the more of a know-it-all you become – I would hope so anyway.

School’s Out for Summer (sing along!): five easy jobs for the summer

Penny Haslam 25th July 2019Blog, Coaching & training, Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous, Make Yourself a Little More Confident, Planning, Vlog, Your visibility

Are you receiving just a handful of emails every hour as opposed to the normal deluge? Are there fewer people in your office at the moment? Have things gone a little bit quiet?

Plan the work, work the plan

Penny Haslam 8th July 2019Blog, Coaching & training, Make Yourself a Little More Confident, Planning

I’m currently feeling overwhelmed. Scratch that, since setting up in business six years ago, I’ve felt overwhelmed ALL THE TIME. Not always with huge numbers of clients knocking down the door, but with ALL THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE…

Tricks of the trade

Penny Haslam 8th July 2019Blog, Coaching & training, Make Yourself a Little More Confident, Penny's FACE, Planning, Your speaking, Your visibility

Years ago, I found myself in a car park outside the BBC’s Television Centre, in front of a large broadcast camera, reporting on a story about a flood. It was fake news because I was actually taking part in a practical exercise for a rare BBC trainee…

Erm…

Penny Haslam 4th July 2019Blog, Coaching & training, Make Yourself a Little More Confident, Your speaking, Your visibility

I received an email with an agony aunt style question this week, from someone who’d attended one of my half day sessions for boards, about stepping up as ‘brand ambassadors’. She wanted helps with a common problem…

Smart engagement for Maria

Penny Haslam 16th June 2019Blog, Coaching & training, Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous, Make Yourself a Little More Confident, Smartphone videos, Your speaking, Your visibility

Last week I ran my one-day ‘Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous at Work’ workshop, at a big company. I set up a choice of activities in the afternoon, you could take part in a panel discussion, deliver a short talk or make a video on…

“Confidence comes from knowing you’re doing the right thing.”

Penny Haslam 5th June 2019Blog, Coaching & training, Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous, Make Yourself a Little More Confident, Radio recommendations, Recommendations, Your speaking, Your visibility

“Confidence comes from knowing you’re doing the right thing.” That’s what the writer and broadcaster Stuart Maconie remarked recently in Radio 4’s The Confidence…

Sometimes I can live without my own teabags…

Penny Haslam 28th May 2019Blog, Coaching & training, Event host & moderator, Planning, Speaking, Vlog, Your visibility

Now, it’s embarrassing to admit, but I take my own teabags with me whenever I travel abroad. Not only do I hate the ubiquitous presence of Liptons (who have conned the world into thinking that’s actually…