Become the corporate athlete – start with your presentation skills

The best athletes on the planet hire coaches. Why? If they’re already the best, why would they hire an overall coach, strength coach, fitness coach or nutrition coach? In Harvard Business Review, Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz make the case that professional athletes spend about 90% of their time practicing and growing their skills and only 10% performing. This allows them to compete at the very highest levels. Most business professionals however– corporate athletes, if you will—spend virtually all their time performing and hardly ever take the time to grow their skills. You will gain an advantage in your career by improving your communication skills.

Whether you are already great but always wanting a more competitive edge, or someone who has not yet truly developed your ability to present and speak in front of others, you are worth your own investment.

How can Blue Planet Training help?

Typically, groups ask Bill Hoogterp or one of the presenters of Blue Planet Training to lead The Speaking Seminar ™  for groups of any size. has four levels and is highly interactive, getting participants on camera multiple times. It uses exercises, humor and quantitative feedback to help you understand how the brain receives information, how audiences react to you personally, what works and why. The goal is to give you the tools to become your own speaking coach with concrete improvement. From that initial session, ongoing work may be customized for groups and individuals, including executive coaching and other leadership courses.