This week in the world’s #1 newsletter on leadership communication: What to do When you Blank on Stage FREE Webinar on Presentation Secrets Book: Building Emotional Intelligence at Scale What to do When you Blank on Stage It’s everyone’s biggest speaking fear: Your mind goes blank mid-speech. During an important talk 9 years ago, I choked – I just couldn’t remember what came next. It felt like an out-of-body experience. I blushed, I stammered, and for a few looooong seconds… I was completely...
8 days ago • 3 min read
This week in the world’s #1 newsletter on leadership communication: The Hidden Half of Intelligence We’ve All Been Ignoring On the Show: Stop Wasting Money on Bad Communication Book Recommendation: Unlocking Team Genius The Hidden Half of Intelligence We’ve All Been Ignoring You are smarter than you think. Here’s why: In the modern world, intelligence is almost universally defined as logic. But logic requires data, and in real life data is almost always in short supply. So what’s been missing...
15 days ago • 4 min read
This week in the world’s #1 newsletter on leadership communication: How to Speak at Your Dream Conference On the Show: Clarity in Seconds Book Recommendation: Thank You for Arguing How to Speak at Your Dream Conference Imagine speaking at TEDx or the biggest conference in your industry? What would that do to your credibility? What opportunities could arise from it? It’s more achievable than you think. This year, I spoke at TEDx and have helped dozens of leaders land keynotes, TEDx slots, and...
22 days ago • 3 min read
This week in the world’s #1 newsletter on leadership communication: “What should I do with my hands?” On the Show: Influence that Works Good Read: The Strategic Enemy What should I do with my hands? It’s the number 1 question I get in coachings: What should I do with my hands? Non-verbal communication matters a great deal. It makes you a better speaker. And if your body and words are not aligned, people believe your body. Researchers even found that investors were 12% more interested in...
29 days ago • 3 min read
This week in the world’s #1 newsletter on leadership communication: How (Not) to Apologize Podcast: A 17 Year Old Interviewed Me Speak, Memorably How (Not) to Apologize Last month, I witnessed three types of apologies. All of them failed – in very different ways. First, someone made a mistake in a meeting. Not a huge one, but enough to warrant a simple, human response. Everyone thought “you should apologize because it’s the right thing to do and because we want to move on”. Instead, the...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
This week in the world’s #1 newsletter on leadership communication: How to Speak so People Take Notes From Crisis to Comeback 44 Ideas for Better Conversations How to Speak so People Take Notes Before we start: I have opened up two 1:1 coaching spots for Q4. These are for ambitious leaders who want to become top 1% communicators before the year ends. If you are interested, hit reply to see if it’s a good fit. ————————————— I’m writing this 35,000 feet above the Atlantic, en route to Seattle –...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
This week in the world’s #1 newsletter on leadership communication: How to Build a Six-Figure LinkedIn Profile Confidence on Command (Recording) Why Your Team Underperforms How to Have Conversations that Matter How to Build a Six-Figure LinkedIn Profile There are two ways you can make six figures with your LinkedIn profile: You can attract high-paying job offers. Or you can create leads for your business. I have chosen the latter path. Here’s how it works: A significant number of people find...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
This week in the world’s #1 newsletter on leadership communication: Quick Life Update & What’s Next Recording: Speak at Your Dream Conference From McDonald’s to McKinsey Killer Influence at Work Quick Life Update & What’s Next Before I go on my summer break, I thought I would give you a quick life update. To be honest, I can use a little time out. The last few months have been intense. From a loss in the family to changes in my team – life has a habit of throwing challenges at us. I have no...
3 months ago • 4 min read
This week in the world’s #1 newsletter on leadership communication: How Assertive Leaders Speak With Strength The Summer You Turned into a Top Communicator How to Supercharge your Professional Presence Alchemy: The Magic of Original Thinking How Assertive Leaders Speak With Strength Last year I worked with a senior leader everyone considered to be nice. The problem: his peers walked all over him, his team didn’t take him seriously and he risked missing his targets for the year. For many...
3 months ago • 4 min read