Press Releases
2007 May 24
BRITISH BOSSES FIND PUBLIC SPEAKING MOST TERRIFYING BUSINESS ACTIVITY
- 80 per cent of bosses would be scared of facing a TV interview
- A third (34 per cent) have themselves had a bad experience of public speaking
- 60 per cent daydream about sex when listening to presentations
Nervous or worried about addressing a large conference?
Despite the many complexities of modern business life, Britain’s bosses
find their most difficult job is exercising their God-given gift of
communication, according to research published today by The Aziz Corporation, the UK’s leading independent executive communications consultancy.
The
survey of business leaders found that 71 per cent would be nervous or
worried about addressing a large conference, with 80 per cent similarly
concerned at the prospect of doing a television interview. Almost half
(42 per cent) of bosses claim that speaking in public is the most
daunting aspect of their job, with 34 per cent having had at least one
bad experience of public speaking in the past.
Professor Khalid Aziz, Chairman of The Aziz Corporation, commented: “Business
leaders are, by their definition, successful people. Considering that
they are also the public face of their company, and that a major speech
or TV interview can make or break their reputation, it is worrying that
so many of them fear communication.”
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