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Get In Touch To Become More Influential Increase your impact and raise your reputation If you’re an ambitious Senior Executive or business leader and you’re serious about raising your game, let’s talk. To start your journey towards outstanding leadership communication skills and a powerful future… … Pick up the phone now and call +44 (0) 3333 660 999 … Read more

Brilliant communication comes in threes

Brilliant communication relies on three salient principles: persuasion, style and structure

The power of three The number three: it’s lucky for some, magical for others, powerful for us all. Three is seriously useful to achieve brilliant communication. When you want people to hear your words, understand your point and buy into your message, you just can’t beat a good three. Our brains are hard-wired to recognise … Read more

Reputation is in the eye of the beholder

CEO media training can empower you to play the media game and boost your reputation.

Journalists looking for comments or analysis tend to wheel out their favourite spokesperson every time a relevant story hits the headlines. To the media audience that spokesperson becomes just like a chart hit – a song repeated so many times that it seeps into your subconscious. Its familiarity means you start to like it, and … Read more

The authentic voice in politics

The influence of the authentic voice

Oxymoron or reality? When we hear someone speak, our immediate gut feeling tells us whether we should trust them. Research suggests we should listen to our initial instincts – they’re stunningly accurate. But can we be misled by political performance posing as true leadership? Do we delude ourselves that we hear an authentic voice when in … Read more

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Leadership communication: taking the rap for failure

Leadership communication to end all leadership communication: the resignation speech assessed

Party leaders resign: the final leadership communication Well who would have thought it? The pollsters are navel gazing and self-flagellating for getting the election results so overwhelmingly wrong. For the first time in nearly 20 years, the Conservatives are in charge of the UK, sweeping aside memories of the past 5 years of coalition government. And the … Read more

Crisis communications: reducing reputational damage

How to ensure your crisis communications minimise the damage to your corporate reputation

When it hits the fan Crises happen. Despite the best-laid plans, there is always an opportunity for something to fail: often systems, people and/or finances. The big number in the news this week is 400,000. 400,000 Ryanair passengers are likely to have their flights cancelled after the Irish budget airline messed up its pilots’ holiday … Read more

Listening Productively

Effective Listening Enhances Business Relationships The importance of active listening Effective listening is otherwise known as active listening. And it’s linked with business success. With it, you will move conversations forwards, encourage open-minded thinking and creativity and get to the heart of the matter more effectively. You will enhance your skills of influencing, persuading and … Read more

Crystal Clarity

Creating Clear Speech for Impact Clear speech with crystal clarity Clear speech is vital for successful leaders. Yet all too often people mumble or rush their words and therefore fail to sound authoritative or convincing. If you are guilty of this, Helen Sewell will show you how to overcome the issue and make sure you … Read more