I was a professionally trained performer for 17 years. I not just performed in front of hundreds of thousands of people with some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry but I also coached, trained, and directed many performers and artists to do exactly the same.

We are living in an era where it is expected for leaders in a company to represent their organisations at conferences, meet-ups, and online employee branding videos. Startups are trying to be agile and as a result, are having daily stand-ups, sprints, and retrospectives. The managers are expected to drive business and be motivating, inspiring and leading their teams. This is all well and good, except they forget to teach that bit at university…