Communicating With Diverse Global Teams
Communicating With Diverse Global Teams In an increasingly global business world, it’s essential that your communication lands well–in presentations, meetings, and even informal conversation. Delays in deliverables, confusion over roles and responsibilities, and other poor outcomes can be prevented with smart communication. All people are acutely aware of body language as a way to judge […]
“Who Are You?” In other words… “How Do You Speak and Sound?”
Updated 3/20/23 “Who are you?” In other words, “How do you speak and sound?” The way people feel and think about you AFTER you’ve… had a meeting, an interview, or even a conversation… is shaped by the manner in which you’ve used your voice, chosen your words, and spoken those words. Those are the key […]
What Is Your Voice Telling People?
What Your Voice Reveals I once had a client who said, “The moment you open up your mouth to speak, all of your business is out in the street.” What he meant is that our voices, as well as the way we speak, reveal volumes and create strong and immediate perceptions in the minds of […]
Do You Feel Supported At Work?
Do you feel supported at work? It’s Your Responsibility, Too! If you aren’t comfortable with your communication style, the way you speak, or your voice, or if you have a strong accent that affects clarity—or mainly your comfort and confidence—it most likely will affect your professional performance, as well as overall well-being. Communication abilities and style are […]
What Is Your Vocal and Verbal Brand Saying?
The way you speak and sound IS your vocal brand. When people think of you, it’s what comes to mind; from virtual meetings and presentations to interviews and first impressions. The thing is: Even if your verbal brand isn’t terribly misrepresenting you, it may not be doing you any favors. And there’s a LOT you […]
Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Soft Skills: Contradictions in the Business World
There has been so much emphasis on emotional intelligence in the last decade or so in business and corporate America. Soft skills–being able to communicate effectively and even persuasively, can play a huge role in one’s success in business. This has been good for my business–I’m a corporate speech, voice and communications trainer. Another buzz […]
The Case For Stuttering… And Other Speech Differences
Greater Understanding, More Acceptance for Differences Amongst CommunicatorsIt’s About Time… A book published this past January promotes the de-stigmatizing of stuttering. Jonty Claypole, a stutterer himself, references the neurodiversity movement with regard to people on the autism spectrum to highlight the point that society is slow to extend the idea to people with neurodiversity of other speech […]
Diversity Is Normal
It’s Autism Awareness Month, as many people may know. Why does this matter–that we are thinking and talking about autism, and that we care so much? When I was in graduate school in the early 90’s, I didn’t see any autistic clients in our university clinic. Autism wasn’t a huge part of the curriculum; in […]
Women—Don’t Hold Your Voices Back!
Three Essentials For a Fully Engaged, Powerful Sounding Voice It’s Women’s History Month, and since women are still judged more harshly by the way we look and the way we speak, I made this video to offer suggestions for ways to feel and sound more powerful and more fully engaged, when you speak. We respond […]
A Corporate Speech Trainer Outs Herself
An odd thing: I started out writing about how anyone can change the way they talk, and ended up sharing a bit of my own story (first time!) I ramble a bit in this one-forgive me, I’m human. I was talking recently to a new connection I made on LinkedIn. She is a former journalist […]