I knew you were resigning

I’m writing a speech for #Toastmasters entitled, “I knew you were resigning.” The bones of it is the things people do that make it an absolute giveaway that they are about to resign.

It’s a bit like body language really; you can’t use one indicator to tell you the full story, you need several.

My list of funny things people do when they are ‘secretly’ job hunting is looking pretty good but I wonder if you can help me, please? What are the tell-tale signs you’ve spotted? What funny things have you spotted?

The end output from this research, and my notes to date, will be a 15′ Toastmasters speech from the manual The Professional Speaker:

The Professional Speaker (1997) #2 – Speaking to Entertain (15:00-20:00 min)
Entertain the audience through the use of humour drawn from personal experience and other material that has been personalised; Deliver the speech making the humour effective; Establish personal rapport with the audience for maximum impact.

Comment here or send me a message with any ideas you’ve got. Thanks in anticipation.

Kevin Harrington

I’m a UK-based B2B marketing consultant, specialising in strategic advice for SME business owners. I bring extensive hands-on expertise to every client engagement. Senior leadership roles across technology, media, payments, and publishing have shaped my practical approach. Highlights include serving as Chief Marketing Officer at The Panoply plc (now TPXimpact), Chief Commercial Officer at Tungsten Network, and Global Marketing Director at BBC Worldwide. Over the years, I’ve guided numerous SMEs through transformation and value creation. Helping businesses evolve and thrive is a genuine passion. Practical marketing insights and succession planning strategies are at the heart of what I do, as I believe growing a business’s asset value should be a rewarding and positive journey for every entrepreneur.

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