IMPORTANT NOTICE - PLEASE READ!!!!!

To :
All Participants of SEC – 115
On 29th June a session on “Effective Public Speaking” will be conducted jointly by Prof. Duggal and myself.
Each speaker will be given 3 minutes to speak on a topic of their choice. There will be a video recording done of the speech so as to re-play and give feedback to each speaker. An indicative list of quotes and themes, which may be used for your talk is given below. More than one participant can speak on the same theme.

Quotations:
1. Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes (Peter Drucker)
2. Making good decision is a crucial skill at every level (Peter Drucker)
3. Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things (Peter Drucker)
4. The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well, the product or service fits him and sells itself (Peter Drucker)
5. Celebrate what you want to see more of (Tom Peters)
6. Leaders do not create followers; they create more leaders (Tom Peters)
7. The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people (Tom Peters)
8. Communication is everyone’s panacea for everything (Tom Peters)
9. Delay is the deadliest form of denial (C. Northcote Parkinson)
10. Expenditures rise to meet income (C. Northcote Parkinson)
11. Change before you have to (Jack Welch)
12. Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do, because then they will act (Jack Welch)
13. The Internet is the Viagra of big business (Jack Welch)
Themes

1. Leaders, born or made ?

2. How do you inspire others ?

3. How to generate ideas ?

4. How can you change an organization’s culture?

5. How do you execute a decision you don’t agree with?

6. When do you walk away from a project, person or opportunity?

7. What’s the best advice you ever got?

8. What is the business case for generosity?

9. Is the health of your employees, your business?

10. How do you think about sustainability?

11. What is the role of imagination in leadership?

12. The importance of asking questions

The above list is only indicative. You may choose any topic of your choice.

G MOHAN