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Giving a Half-Time Talk That Actually Changes Things

Giving a Half-Time Talk That Actually Changes Things

Discipline 2: Leadership & Culture — Lesson 11 of 12
Lecturer: Marnie Ashgrove

Vague energy talks change nothing by the second half. This session covers opening with one specific fixable thing, staying calm even in a heated dressing room, and ending on something the team can control immediately rather than a summary of what went wrong.

The three rules

1. Open with one fixable thing.
2. Say it calmly even when heated.
3. End on what the team can control now.

*The full breakdown — citations, the lecturer's own story, and the discipline's quiz bank — is part of the Spy Academy programme.*

Published version 2 · Updated 2026-09-29T19:39:52.120459+00:00