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In October of last year, I wrote a blog entitled ‘What can Donald Trump teach us about speechmaking?’ Clearly, very little. At the time, Trump was languishing in the polls and reeling (a bit) from the leak of the tapes we all unfortunately all had to hear and many didn’t expect him to win. It’s […]
President Obama did it quite effectively. President Reagan did it quite effectively. President Bush even did it quite effectively. President Trump doesn’t do it all. To the British it’s almost a national sport although Michael Gove should definitely give it a rest. What am I talking about? Self-deprecation – the act (and sometimes the art) […]
Poor old Theresa May was at it again last week – snapped at the EU summit looking uncomfortable sandwiched between Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron covering their mouths to prevent journalists lip reading their conversation. Cue much internet hilarity at Mrs May’s expense. The scene reminded me of many I have seen before, a networking […]
“Would you buy a used car off this person?” That used to be a general rule of thumb when it came to the question of authenticity. It seems quite quaint now, a throwback to a more innocent time when greater stock went into reading a person’s face for signs of trustworthiness. Things are so much […]
Politicians beware. The media is always watching and once they sense a story they will run with it and not stop until we have all become bored. This may seem an obvious statement and yet the Catalan referendum coverage has once again showed us how exposed politicians are in the media glare. This time last […]
Far too much will be made of the Prime Minister’s delivery yesterday although, of course, by writing this I am adding to the noise rather than standing back much in the same way that the driver who complains about the traffic forgets they are part of the problem. Granted, the speech was billed as a […]
We have just launched a highly engaging and genuinely unique workshop, Finding your Natural Voice, looking at how the voice works, the importance of relaxation, how to breathe efficiently, how to project with resonance and confidence and how to speak with clarity. We all have the capacity to speak so that others listen and this limited […]
In Brighton this week, Jeremy Corbyn has had a twinkle in his eye and so well he might. A year ago he was the bête noir of not just the Tories but also large sections of his own party who saw his jump to the left as the death knell for the party. But oh […]
It’s that time of year when the leaves start to fall, the geese head south and political parties decamp to a conference centre near you for a few days of back slapping with the party faithful. Along the way, the big guns will roll out the ideological road maps, while the smaller guns will hope […]
In the past week Tony Blair has grabbed a snatch of headlines for returning to the political fray with his plan to control immigration and still keep the UK in Europe. But if he was expecting a chorus of trumpets and a rallying cry of “huzzah!” from the anti-Brexiteers, he didn’t get it. The expression […]
We are absolutely delighted to announce our collaboration with UNICEF as the major part of our pro bono commitment. UNICEF asked us to look at areas where we could add significant value to the UK’s Corporate Partnership Team and we came up with the following training opportunities – Building Gravitas to Influence and Engage Partners […]
Luan de Burgh will be presenting at The Alternative Legal Management Summit 2017 on Monday 18 September. As part of Luan’s presentation entitled ‘Leadership Think Tank’ he will be discussing effective leadership behaviour for the modern, ambitious managing partner. Please see here for further information.
We are delighted to announce we have just become an accredited provider of The Government of Dubai Legal Affairs Department for our courses – Presenting Excellence, Business Development and Networking and Impact and Presence. The accreditation indicates the de Burgh Group has become officially certified to provide seminars, workshops, training programs for advocates and legal […]
I think we all breathed a bit of a sigh of relief at the arrival of the summer recess. After the relentless churn of the UK political seas in the eye of the General Election storm, the domestic doldrums of August were reassuringly calm… Well, Summer’s over and, as MPs return to Parliament this week, […]
August Bank Holiday officially brought the UK summer holiday season of 2017 to a close and phew what a scorcher it was! Did you get away on vacation or just hang around on a staycation? Whatever you did, chances are that this week has a touch of the ‘back to school’ feeling about it. Hopefully […]