Air time not enough

Well, who says that "sharing" must be 50% + 50%?
How about collaborating? Must that be 50% + 50% too?
What happens when one forgets the role or the part one plays in the show?
What happens when one is too eager to even cover what's meant for the other?
Yes, it happens. Yes, it just happened!



Have included a couple of questions in the last slide to set myself think harder...

• 10 minutes - Enough? Not Enough?
• Why? Whose fault?
• How to manage this better?

10 minutes, certainly it's "enough" as that's the guideline given when preparing the presentation. It's a known "constraint" and no matter how much substance we have, just abide to it. Everyone's given the 'same treatment'.

So, why did we face the "not enough" situation? Let's look inwards - what have we put in for our audience? Too much content? Well, that's the trouble to everything - when we wanted to tell people so much about ourselves... and each point is considered an important point. So, when to give up when not to, what to give up and what not to? It's always a dilemma - and certainly, given that time constraint is a challenge, but it also sends us to think deeper, what's really critical (i.e. the key priorities), and how to send the message across with as little words as possible, yet the audience are able to hook onto it. This would require one to rehearse over and over again in the head, how to do it well. There's no difference - whether one is an eloquent speaker or not, it's not wise to talk off the curf when one needs to deliver a message within a timeframe.

As for presentation, one big challenge is really when it's not a solo presentation - then one has to watch out and observe, and to work within the (even tighter) timeframe given. I guess, nobody's piece is less important than the other. It's important and necessary to work within the time limit so that it will not compromise the overall intent. No doubt there's lots of ideas and information to share in order to substantiate the points. However, when there's a constraint, one just has to work within the constraint. I'm very certain, this thought has nothing to do with one being too sensitive or not, but as a professional, it's good to practice within the given conditions to maintain a balance of the overall system.

Another point I learnt is it's important to know when to practise empowerment and how to do it tactfully (yes, EQ counts here!). When one is empowered to take charge of an area, there is no doubt the team members will give due respect and full cooperation for the piece of task to be carried out well and smoothly. To earn this respect and cooperation, it's also an expectation of this empowered leader to know how to practise this power in an appropriate and tactful manner. Similarly, team members also expect to be given due respect in return. Need not to illustrate this point... just look around, before pointing a finger on what others have or have not done, always ask ourselves first, have we, as an empowered team leader practise this etiquette?