Unfortunately, this is a common tendency among many high-level executive speakers. I’ve personally witnessed a business leader take almost one hour when he was scheduled on the agenda for 15 minutes. Have you ever been there? He totally destroyed the schedule for the meeting, and he ate into the next two speakers’ time. This shows a lack of respect for your audience and the other presenters. Stop on time. Practice it. Your audience will respect you more as a result, and to date, I’ve never heard of anyone complain about someone who gave a speech that was too short!
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