Podcast Episodes

167.

Season 5

Good stories win in business and life.

Every business meeting, product launch, or marketing communication has something in common with your favorite movie: they all succeed or fail based on their abil…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

166. Why Relying on Talent Alone Will Fail You

Season 5

Why practice is the key to success.

If there’s anyone who knows about performing under pressure, it’s former NFL quarterback Andrew Luck. Whether playing in front of thousands or presenting to ten, hi…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

165. Building Your Personal Brand Makes a Promise: Are You Keeping It?

Season 5

Create more meaningful communication by defining your audience.
 
Before you even think about communicating a message, defining a brand, or developing a strategy, Seth Godin says you have to ask these …

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

164. Rethinks: Using "Pre-suasion" to Influence Others

Season 5

The inner workings of social influence and persuasion.

Want to change someone’s mind? First, explains Robert Cialdini, you have to change their framing.

For Cialdini, the Regent's Professor Emeritus of…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

163. Is Your Audience Ignoring You? How Authenticity Creates Connection

Season 5

How acceptance and authenticity can transform all of our interactions.

What’s the key to experiencing deeper connection in our communication? According to Alan Alda, it starts with acceptance — of oth…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

162. Unlock Career Opportunities: How to Make the Right Moves

Season 5

Being present in the moment and staying open to whatever unfolds.

We all want to lead lives and careers full of joy and fulfillment. Maggie Baird certainly has, and the key, she says, is to stay open …

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Bonus: How to Manage Speaking Anxiety the Think Faster, Talk Smarter Way

Season 5

Gain control over your speaking and excel in your communication.

For the first anniversary of his book Think Faster, Talk Smarter, Matt Abrahams shares strategies from the first chapter, focusing on m…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

161. Do Your Homework: Know What to Say by Knowing Who You’re Talking To

Season 5

Know your audience and tailor the message for them.

In high-stakes communication, every word counts. For Jen Psaki, that means knowing who she’s talking to — so she knows just what to say.

As the forme…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

160. Rethinks: How to Communicate Your Gameplan

Season 5

Why organizational strategy can be both top-down and bottom-up.

As Professor Jesper Sørensen sees it, a winning strategy is the result of conversations, not commands, and that strategy can be directed…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

159. Earn Your Audience: You Can’t Lead If No One’s Listening

Season 5

What it takes to develop as a leader.

Great leaders and great communicators aren't born, they're made. That's why John Hennessy and Tina Seelig, directors of Stanford University’s Knight-Hennessy Scho…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago