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Focusing solely on content is not sufficient to keep the audience engaged. You can distinguish yourself from the majority of other speakers by avoiding the same common mistakes.

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Your hands are shaking. You are sweating profusely. Your mouth is dry. You think you'll never be able to make it.

During a debate for the 2001 mayorship race of Montreal, Pierre Bourque, the favoured candidate, asked a question of his opponent, Gérald Tremblay. Mr. Tremblay, taken aback, took 16 seconds to respond.

Leadership is as much about skills as it is about emotions. You can easily learn all the notions necessary to make you an effective leader by taking courses and by reading books. However, knowing them and applying them are two different things.