Presentation Skills That Will Take You to the Top (Collection)

56. How to Eliminate the Fig Leaf: A Presentation Lesson from the Military

When President Obama formally submitted his 2011 budget, he assembled his economic team to join him during his speech. In the official White House photograph, the president is flanked, left to right, by Christina Romer, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury, Peter Orszag, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Larry Summers, National Economic Council Director.

Figure 56.1. “The Fig Leaf” position

Please note that all the advisors are standing with both their hands clasped below the waist in what is known in ...