The Look & Sound of Leadership show

The Look & Sound of Leadership

Summary: An ongoing series of Executive Coaching Tips designed to help you be perceived in the workplace the way you want to be perceived.

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  • Artist: Essential Communications
  • Copyright: © 2013 Essential Communications

Podcasts:

 Project The Image You Want | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 5:44

Exercises and tips for creating the impression that will benefit you most. A crucial leadership skill.

 The Art of Chat | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 6:50

Chatting is a learned skill for many people. It's not all that hard to learn but you have to be willing to be a beginner -- and it's uncomfortable to be a novice again. But you can break through your old resistance.

 Choosing Stories Over "Truth" | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 5:30

We see an event and automatically make up a story in order to make sense of what we've witnessed. Then, all too often, we think our made-up story is actually true. And then we act on that false truth. And then we're surprised when we find ourselves in all sorts of trouble.

 Answer What's Asked | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 7:31

Too often we answer what's important to us but not what our questioners want. The result is they stop listening. Here's how to keep your listeners tuned in.

 Drive Your Message Home | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 5:47

All too often when executives speak, their words pass through their listeners' heads without even slowing down! No one wins when that happens. Here are four concrete things you can do to make your messages stay in your listener's heads.

 Owning Miscommunications | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 5:30

How can you succeed with a person whose communication style is like a pinball, randomly zooming from one place to another with no logic? And how do you raise delicate subjects without sounding like a whiner? Here's your answer.

 Coaching Versus Therapy | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 7:19

Our development areas grow out of our personal histories. Overcoming our past is an act of courage. Which path will you take?

 Keeping Repeated Material Fresh | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 5:44

Repeating material can be brain-deadening for us as speakers and for our listeners, too! But actors performing eight times a week for months on end know a secret. It's here.

 Managing Your Boss | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 5:15

Too often we forget that our boss is our biggest customer. A classic Harvard Business Review article lists a whole set of things we need to know in order to keep that biggest customer satisfied. But most of us don't know them!

 When Learning Makes Things Worse | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 6:06

Attempting new behaviors that are supposed to improve your performance can actually set you back. Being prepared for the setback can help you manage it.

 Building Trust | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 6:10

Many different behaviors contribute to trust being high or low. But one behavior trumps all the others. And, surprisingly, when that behavior is high, trust gets low.

 Staying on Track | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 4:48

Sounding scattered and distracted is the opposite of The Look & Sound of Leadership. Discover how the question "What are we talking about right now?" can put you back in control.

 Who's Coachable? | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 6:23

Eight factors to determine if an employee is a good coaching candidate.

 Remembering Names | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 4:14

People who remember names exhibit confidence and honor for the other person. Remembering names isn't all that difficult -- but it does require choosing to get better. Here's how.

 Managing Nervousness | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 4:12

Nerves eat up your mental capacity. They crowd everything out of your brain except their negative messages. But there's a way to put those nasty voices in the background so you can do your job.

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