I recently came across an article which was published on Forbes on how keeping a score of your presentations and rating your presentations and I did some research on a company which tracks constantly presentation score ranging from 1-5 of its business executives. It was an idea which was conceived by George Chambers the CEO of Cisco who scores 4.5 on a scale of 1-5.Cisco is the worldwide leader in IT that helps companies seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when you connect the previously unconnected. Many companies tried to be customer friendly or customer oriented but CISCO continues to win many laurels and awards compared to its peers because its obsession Presentation Skills.
When a Cisco executive delivers an internal presentation at company events and meetings or delivers a customer facing presentation, that executive is rated on his or her communication skills as soon as the presentation is over. Employees or customers are asked to give the executive a score ranging from 1 to 5 on the following:
1. DELIVERY: The presentation was delivered clearly
2. CONTENT: I understand how this solution/topic can be applied
First, the results offer an executive feedback on how effectively they’re delivering the Cisco story and, second, senior executives review the scores to evaluate a person’s leadership potential. According to Ricci, “The data and metrics motivate people to get better, even a little competitive with each other.