Humanising our business leaders

Helping business leaders to communicate with credibility & authenticity.

52% of IC professionals told us that their business leader (i.e. CEO/ Managing Director) still chooses PowerPoint as their main communication tool at live events. 53% also feel that the ‘fear of presenting’ is a significant barrier for their business leader.

In a world where there’s more pressure than ever on those right at the top of business to communicate with credibility, authenticity and believability, helping them appear more human is critical.

As IC professionals, what can we do to humanise our business leaders and help them make the biggest possible impact?

Here at Top Banana we've made it our mission to collate opinions and thoughts on just how big this issue really is … all we need is your answers to these simple questions. All of your responses will be completely anonymous.

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* 1. How well does your business leader communicate at company events?

Brilliantly

Well

Poorly

Very poorly

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* 2. Has poor presenting / communication by your business leader had a negative impact on an employee event at your company?

Yes

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* 3. Does your business leader seem authentic in a live event situation?

Yes

Sometimes

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* 4. Does your business leader do enough to relate to employees in the audience at your live event?

Yes

Sometimes

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* 5. Which of the following does your business leader currently incorporate into their company event presentations:

Audience questions/ polls

Open Q&A

Video

Personal stories

Employee stories and examples

Strong visuals e.g. infographics, animation

Powerpoint slides

Social media/ enterprise

Humour

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* 6. How important do you think the following is, as part of your business leader's presentations at company events?

	Super Important	Reasonably important	Not important at all
Audience questions/ polls	Audience questions/ polls Super Important	Audience questions/ polls Reasonably important	Audience questions/ polls Not important at all
Open Q&A	Open Q&A Super Important	Open Q&A Reasonably important	Open Q&A Not important at all
Video	Video Super Important	Video Reasonably important	Video Not important at all
Personal stories	Personal stories Super Important	Personal stories Reasonably important	Personal stories Not important at all
Employee stories and examples	Employee stories and examples Super Important	Employee stories and examples Reasonably important	Employee stories and examples Not important at all
Strong visuals e.g. infographics, animation	Strong visuals e.g. infographics, animation Super Important	Strong visuals e.g. infographics, animation Reasonably important	Strong visuals e.g. infographics, animation Not important at all
Powerpoint slides	Powerpoint slides Super Important	Powerpoint slides Reasonably important	Powerpoint slides Not important at all
Social media/ enterprise	Social media/ enterprise Super Important	Social media/ enterprise Reasonably important	Social media/ enterprise Not important at all
Humour	Humour Super Important	Humour Reasonably important	Humour Not important at all

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* 1. How well does your business leader communicate at company events?

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* 2. Has poor presenting / communication by your business leader had a negative impact on an employee event at your company?

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* 3. Does your business leader seem authentic in a live event situation?

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* 4. Does your business leader do enough to relate to employees in the audience at your live event?

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* 5. Which of the following does your business leader currently incorporate into their company event presentations:

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* 6. How important do you think the following is, as part of your business leader's presentations at company events?

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* 7. What do you do, as an IC professional, to help your business leader appear more human to employees at company events?