🐘 The Recovery: How to win over an audience that has lost their faith in you

You’ve just delivered the first of a series of talks for a client. You arrive home to this stinging bit of feedback:

‘I gained nothing from that session,
but I trust the instructor learned something from it.’

The worst bit? You’ve got to face the same audience again next week.

What do you do?

That’s the scenario Adam Grant found himself in while running a training session for military leaders.

What happened next was nothing short of a remarkable turnaround. His secret?

Let me explain…

Despite what our LinkedIn profiles and websites might say, we are still human.

Sometimes, we get it (very) wrong!
It’s inevitable.

As Adam Grant found out to his peril.

In this 118 second clip, Adam shares not just how to recover from a presentation disaster, but a technique you can use to open a presentation to any intimidatingly successful audience… 🍿.

Turn around your next talk disaster with these three steps…

1. Turn your critics into coaches 🪄
   Instead of asking for feedback, ask for advice.
   
   ‘If you were in my shoes, how would you approach it differently next time?’
   
   This small shift will reframe the relationship. Your critics will stop tearing you down and start helping you.
   
   Warning, this is might hurt a little (and that’s ok). Listen and learn.
   

2. Address the elephant in the room 🐘
   Adam’s biggest mistake was trying to prove his expertise in a room of people who were far more experienced than him. It turns out that his inexperience was his unfair advantage.
   
   So drop their guard:

3. DON’T overhaul your content 🗿
   Or start second guessing yourself.

   
   Recovery isn’t about reinventing everything. When you’ve dropped your audience’s guard, the content will land.
   
   Remember, they booked you for a reason.

In the world of thought leadership, there aren’t many places you can go when things don’t go to plan.

But MicDrop is one of them. Even our most ‘successful’ members on paper:

1. Overthink

2. Over-prepare

3. Make mistakes

4. Forget their words

5. Second guess their fees etc.

They’ve realised something that most haven’t…

Figuring it all out alone is not only soul-destroying, it’s slow.

It’s why elite sportspeople, musicians, writers, chess players, start-up founders train in teams.

To train together. To push each other. To hold each other to higher standards.

We have 7 slots remaining for our May intake. This is your last chance to book in a call.

Alex