Build your individual brand for corporate success In today’s world it is no longer enough for a CEO to deliver financial performance alone. As CEO, you are also judged on your ability to enhance intangible assets and create non-financial returns. This depends on the effectiveness of your CEO branding. Influential and well-respected CEOs build personal … Read more
Making and breaking careers Whether you are a native or non-native English speaker, your accent can play a major role in how you are perceived. Surveys show that accents have an impact “on success, in employment, social life and elsewhere”. Sadly, and very unfairly, ‘accentism’ appears to be an acceptable prejudice. Take singer Cheryl Cole, who was sacked as … Read more
There’s no magic involved! Firstly, let me debunk a myth. There is no elusive, mysterious quality to being a compelling speaker or a compelling leader. As a long-standing CEO Communication Coach, I say this with confidence: I’ve researched it academically and practically with leaders from all over the world. There is no X-factor, or … Read more
Business Communication Coaching: The Art Of Buy-In Getting people on side effectively Great leaders exert influence by understanding people and recognising what makes them tick. Others are much more likely to follow your suggestions if you tell them what they want to hear. Inspirational content tends to succeed where flat, lacklustre details fail. Unfortunately people don’t … Read more
Impact Coaching for Ambitious Business Leaders A 12-month individual program for leaders who want to shine Want to raise your profile and create a phenomenal personal reputation? Influence and inspire staff, clients and stakeholders? Stimulate a productive culture of communication that increases profits? Boost corporate reputation by up to two-thirds? Escalate the market value of your … Read more
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Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim: the power of a great female speaker Among the world leaders and dignitaries to speak at last Friday’s UN climate signing ceremony was a woman from a nomadic tribe in Chad, whose mother walked 10km every day to collect water and food. Talking to the world from the podium at UN headquarters in New York … Read more
From client meetings to boardrooms It almost makes me weep to see so many high-flying execs painfully stressed about important events. Offices around the world would be much happier places if senior personnel recognised that this overwhelming anxiety is unnecessary. Work would become more productive without endless hours spent on something which probably needs a fraction of the … Read more
The active listening habits of leaders "Most of the successful people I've known”, said Bernard Baruch, financier and political adviser, “are the ones who do more listening than talking". His observations were astute. Academic research indicates that leaders really are better listeners. They listen with an open mind, without becoming emotional or defensive. Studies show … Read more
