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7 Ways to Communicate with Executives to Enhance Your Message

Spend enough time advancing in your career, and it’s bound to happen. The spotlight suddenly shifts your way, and it’s time to communicate with executives about a plan or idea.

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How Generative AI is Changing Presentations

Generative AI is reshaping how we think. Instead of thinking in isolation, we now have a tool that acts like a collaborator. That’s great! And not so great.

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Digital Storytelling Tools Leaders Need to Succeed

Memorable leadership hinges on communication. History’s crowning examples of leaders connecting with audiences through impassioned speeches or essays have relied on the power of story.

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5 Strategies for Leaders to Communicate Better at Work

If a solid foundation and structural support hold a building together, what keeps a business from toppling over?

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8 Books to Help You Communicate Better at Work

Finding trustworthy books to help you communicate better at work can be overwhelming. A cousin of self-help and ripe with untested methods that reflect an author’s rise-and-grind mindset, proper guidance is rare.

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3 expert tips to maximize your presentation rehearsal time (& when to stop rehearsing)

When you’re tasked with delivering an important presentation, you probably spend a lot of time creating it. You make sure every word is accurate and easy for your audience to understand. You develop visuals that match the content. You might even click through your presentation a few times to make sure everything looks the way [...] continue reading

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Want more influence at work? Try these simple vocal techniques

As a speech-language pathologist, many clients come to me with questions about how they can change their voice to have more presence and influence in the workplace. I love these questions, because there are a lot of small changes you can make to sound more powerful, more energetic, or more approachable. But I get an [...] continue reading

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Q&A: Influencing through story

Recently Patti Sanchez gave a talk titled, “Influencing through Story” at Elevance Health. She received many great questions from the live audience—below is a transcription of those questions and answers. Here’s a description of the talk: A leader is anyone who can see a better future and rally people to reach it. By harnessing the [...] continue reading

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3 ways to overcome public speaking fear

Mark Twain once said, “There are two types of speakers: those that are nervous and those that are liars.” That might sound a little extreme, but it’s not far from the truth. As an executive speaker coach, clients often ask me, “What do I do about stage fright?” “How do I deal with my anxiety [...] continue reading

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How Adaptive Listening Can Bring More Empathy & Compassion to Your Work

Empathy and compassion have surfaced as popular buzzwords in the business community over the last two and a half years. And recently, they’ve received even more attention. Learning and development (L&D) leaders have identified empathetic communication as a top three most important soft skill when it comes to daily workplace performance. And hiring managers seek [...] continue reading

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