Here's how you can enhance your performance in Live Events through self-evaluation.

The only way to improve is to have a good old fashioned - PDCA - Plan, Do, Check and Act cycle ready. It's important to note down the plan, rehearse it, deliver, get feedback, reflect on the feedback, change the plan and repeat the whole cycle. Two things are important - The goodness of the plan should get better and our ability to execute should get better in each cycle. If not, then we need to reflect on the process itself and fine tune our improvement approach. Post that if there is no improvement , I would definitely recommend reaching out for an executive coach fast. Life is short

To enhance your performance in live events through self-evaluation, there are a few key steps to follow. First, reflect on your strengths and weaknesses, identifying areas for improvement. Set specific goals to work towards, such as improving public speaking or time management skills. Seek feedback from clients, colleagues, or supervisors to gain different perspectives on your performance. Analyze your past event experiences, assessing what worked well and what could be done better. Continuously learn and stay updated on industry trends and best practices. Regularly evaluate your performance against your goals, making adjustments and implementing new strategies as needed.

Feedback is the food for champions. It is a gift that few are lucky to receive and many have mastered the art of looking a gift horse in the mouth. Quality feedback, ability to prioritize it and act on it deliberately is the only known route to self improvement. One if the best things in executive coaching is the 360 degree feedback the coach collects on your behalf !

Goal setting to me is key. Ideally, a mix of short term and long term goals but never more than three! The more goals you have, the probability of meeting them exponentially goes down. Always remember Man on Moon before end of the decade, when setting a goal

I have seen this with my own experience in golf. I started 3 years back through the second pandemic wave and a hernia operation to boot, but have stayed focussed and achieved 15 handicap. I don't have a lot of time, but practice with a goal, make it interesting and always focus on what will give me the maximum leverage. It always ends up being chipping and putting in golf. :-)

Learning is from "own inside". Yes more inputs external or self observation accelerated learning. Remember " Intel inside" and I call it "eklaya model" of learning.

Again to take an example from golf. I used video aids a lot and hired a US coach to get rid of my banana slice. In the process I learnt a lot about my normal patterns, tempo, rythymn and when I am in the zone! I can't leverage all the learnings as I am an amateur golfer, but as a professional, live events is something in which you can practice your rhthymn, tempo, zoning cues , reading the room and creating the commanding positive presence

Just like how a great live events team can adapt to emergencies or problems, a Live Events professional should always be focused on continuous self improvement. A good practice when working in live events is to keep your own separate diary or logbook and jot down things you noticed about yourself, if you feel you struggled with something ask yourself WHY. Using this information you can develop a roadmap to help improve your knowledge and skills. You will also find by doing this that over time you become more open to new ideas and insights which are the life blood of live events.

One thing I strongly suggest is to become your best critic. Put a list of checks and balances in your weekly things to do. For example, perform a weekly assessment of what you've put in place last week or your recently placed objectives. Give yourself a grade and plot it on a simple graph using the task grade or change vs grade with date implementation notate the direction of any shifts or trends. Consider deficiency as well as time management. Ask yourself is this working and notate what you did. Remember to "Check yourself, before you wreck yourself!!" Never set tasks in motion without frequent check ups to see if they are working ??