Helen’s Blog

Communication in Leadership Hello and welcome to my blog, which aims to support excellent communication in leadership. It’s great to get the chance to air my views on how people communicate – particularly those in the public eye, who should certainly be held to account for their communication style. Superb communication is fundamental for smooth-running, successful companies, and the … Read more

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Confidence coaching crushes presentation fears

Confidence coaching can help you conquer the public speaking fear holding back your career.

Fear of public speaking (glossophobia) is one of the world’s leading anxieties – outranked only by the fear of snakes. But while snakes are a potentially life-threatening hazard, of which it is entirely reasonable to be scared, getting up to give a presentation holds no such dangerous threats. Luckily, fear of public speaking can be resolved through a process of specialist … Read more

Effective messaging: why so many fail

Effective messaging: you’re dead in the water without it

Read on for my offer of free individual advice With hundreds of business communications demanding our attention each week, and thousands of marketing messages every day, we forget most of what we see, hear and read. Even pictures – said to be worth a thousand words – are sometimes of little value in the long run. … Read more

Communication training – a dirty little secret?

Helen Sewell: gagged from mentioning communication training clients

Gagged! I am the skeleton in the closet of several large clients – their dirty little secret. I am banned from sharing that I’ve worked with them. This has nothing to do with the quality of my communication training (other companies give me great testimonials). It seems this gagging order is down to extreme confidentiality … Read more