Blog

Addressing social anxiety and fear of presenting is essential for the development of leaders. Social anxiety and self-consciousness are to some extent automatic reactions and patterns of thought and as such, there is much that we can do to improve them.

It was only a 10-min presentation to her team of 20, but Holly’s** panic had set in two weeks ago. Just the thought of having to present made her stomach lurch, her heart race and a feeling of panic rise within her. She’d had sleepless nights already and knew it would only get worse, increasing to the point where she couldn’t eat, sleep or think about anything else. How much longer could she keep bluffing her way through, keeping this public speaking fear a secret, pretending