Buy yourself some confidence

Penny Haslam 24th January 2020Blog, Confidence, Make Yourself a Little More Confident, Speaking

Probably because I talk about confidence at business conferences, the word itself tends to leap out at me on a regular basis.Yesterday, I did a double take when I went past a cash machine…

Boost confidence by being better at feedback

Penny Haslam 1st September 2019Blog, Feedback, Make Yourself a Little More Confident, Penny Haslam Podcast, Your visibility

Feedback is a funny old thing isn’t it? So funny I rolled around on the floor laughing many times when I worked at the BBC, having been given ‘feedback’. Actually I didn’t, although sometimes I cried, but not from…

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?

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…

“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…

Say it, if self-belief eludes you

Penny Haslam 29th April 2019Blog, Radio recommendations, Recommendations

Once a month I travel to York, to work with my client, JRF, helping build its profile and get out there more. So, for a couple of hours on the motorway I get to tune in to the radio and you can’t go wrong with Radio 4’s Desert…

Speaking up in meetings

Penny Haslam 28th April 2019Blog, Coaching & training, Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous, Your visibility

Making yourself a little bit famous isn’t just about speaking on big stages or leaping around in front of the cameras on TV and radio. It’s about being seen in the workplace too. One of the best ways to get visibility for your personal brand profile…

How to get noticed by the broadcast media

Penny Haslam 25th April 2019Blog, Coaching & training, Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous, Vlog, Your visibility

Being interviewed on TV or radio is good for you: it helps build your brand profile, drives business to you, and provides big career kudos. The minute you are seen or heard on air, you are deemed more expert than you were…

Do you Work Hard Once (WHO) or Work Hard All the Time (WHAT)?

Penny Haslam 13th February 2019Blog, Coaching & training, Make Yourself a Little More Confident, Penny's FACE, Planning

When I heard about the WHO concept for the first time (the acronym, not the English rock band, formed in 1964) it made a lot of sense. Work Hard Once means putting…