The Look & Sound of Leadership
By Essential Communications
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Podcast Description
An ongoing series of Executive Coaching Tips designed to help you be perceived in the workplace the way you want to be perceived.
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The Exhausted Executive | Work has become a non-stop marathon for many people. Scratch the surface of a high performer and you often find someone whose reserves are depleted. What follows are tools for replenishing your reserves. | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Distracted Executive | Trying to get your message through to a distracted person isn't easy. It takes mental energy, preparation and willingness to repeat yourself. But what happens if YOU are the distracted person? | 4/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Many Parts of You | Certain changes seem so fundamental they feel overwhelming. But usually the change being asked of us actually only addresses one part of ourselves—and we usually know that part quite well. This podcast puts perspective around The Many Parts of You. | 3/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Your Team's Best Interests - Part Two | Research shows that employees who believe their boss has their best interests at heart are more engaged and productive. This episode talks about six behaviors leaders can display to demonstrate that they truly have their direct reports' best interest at heart. Last month's podcast described five others. | 2/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Your Team's Best Interests - Part One | Research shows that employees who believe their boss has their best interests at heart are more engaged and productive. This episode talks about five behaviors leaders can display to demonstrate that they truly have their direct reports' best interest at heart. Next month's podcast will lay out six more. | 1/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Performance Reviews | Performance reviews are rarely the meaningful conversation about development that they could be. Here are six lessons for writing effective reviews so you can be a great coach for your people. | 12/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leading Teams | Here are five questions your team needs to answer if they're going to all move in the same direction. Plus there is a four-layer pyramid that needs defining. | 11/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Facilitating Open Dialogue | Getting people to speak openly in public forums is a challenge for even the savviest leaders. This podcast examines the core concept behind creating open dialogue. Also discussed are two behaviors that will transform what people are willing to share. | 10/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Smiling—The Look of Leadership | Smiling helps create charisma. But not all smiles are created equal. Different smiles send different messages. This podcast describes three different smiles, their impact, and three ways you can be sure your smile is sending the message you want it to send. | 9/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leading Change | It's hard enough to get someone you love to put the cap on the toothpaste. Try getting a diverse work group to think new thoughts and adopt new behaviors. The tips here will help you communicate change in a way that puts success within your reach. | 8/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Resolving Conflict | The conflict resolution model laid out in this Executive Coaching Tip works when groups are at odds with each other or when the issue is between individuals. | 7/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Power of PowerPoint | PowerPoint can be a great tool but all too often it distracts our audience and blurs our messages. These eight tips will help you harness the positive power of PowerPoint. | 6/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Compelling Openings | People expect openings to be generic and bland. What a missed opportunity! The three techniques in this podcast are proven. Plus there's one more technique you should never leave out no matter how you open your comments. | 5/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Intimacy in Business: Setting Boundaries | Leaders who can connect on an emotional level have followers who are raving fans. As a result they can raise difficult topics and hold people accountable without damaging relationships. This skill is worth learning! | 5/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Recommendations & Resources | A partial reading list of books divided into three categories that reflect The Look & Sound of Leadership. | 4/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stop Giving Away Your Secrets | Competitive poker players know how to conceal their secrets. Their mastery is the perfect analogy for the path leaders must travel to achieve The Look & Sound of Leadership. | 4/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Women as Powerful Communicators | Lois feels strongly that women shouldn't try to communicate like men. In this podcast she clearly advocates developing a style that is uniquely female--and powerful! | 3/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Making Stories Soar | To tell compelling stories that stick with people, you need to follow two rules every time. Break these rules and there's no story. This podcast illustrates, in detail, those two rules. | 3/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Questions as Leadership | This is a variation on the old phrase, "garbage in/garbage out." By consciously shaping the questions you ask, you can affect the information you get. And the information you get is critical to your success as a leader. | 2/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leadership and Listening | We think we're paid to make decisions and give directions. But all too often we default to problem-solving when listening would get us better results. Here are two behaviors that sound easier than they are. | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Self-Knowledge as Leadership | Validated, standardized assessments are part of every leadership development program for a good reason: without objective reflection none of us can grow beyond our current capabilities. | 1/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Building Rapport | A proven way to build rapport is matching: a conscious flexing of your style to match a person's style who is different from yours. | 1/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Smoothing Harsh Edges | Being "passionate" is often experienced by others as all-or-nothing, right-or-wrong. This podcast explores a tool called, "Talk to be Heard," which allows you to be persuasive without hammering people. | 12/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Three Little Phrases with Big Impact | Certain phrases "click" with our listeners. Here are three that make a big difference in keeping people's attention and in stopping endless debates and diversions. | 12/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Getting Growth Acknowledged | Just because you worked hard to develop new behaviors, don't assume your changes are blazingly obvious to no one else. Odds are, they're not! | 11/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Compassion During Change | Often a decline in performance is a long-delayed reaction to troubling events that would seem to be over. Because of the gap between the event and the decline, people often scratch their heads and wonder what's wrong. | 11/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Look & Sound of Self-Esteem | Self-esteem governs how we hear feedback, how we give it and how we manage our relationships with others. This complex issue touches almost every part of how we're perceived in the workplace. | 10/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Strategic Apologies | Apologies can enhance or damage a relationship. Too few can be as damaging as too many. Here are four apologies – two to emulate, two to avoid. | 10/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Handling Defensive Behaviors | Emotions are contagious. When confronted with defensive behaviors, it's important not to get infected. And to have tools to help you manage yourself and the situation. | 9/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Unmasking a Stand-In | When we repeat patterns of behavior that clearly do not fit the situation, it’s a good bet a stand-in from our past is at play. | 9/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leadership Behavior in Meetings | Meetings are a terrific opportunity to display The Look & Sound of Leadership. Here are eight specific behaviors to be sure you're making the impression you want during meetings. | 8/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Power of Rehearsal | Rehearsing improves performance. There's simply too much evidence to deny that fact. Here are three rules for rehearsing efficiently. | 8/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Repairing Damaged Relationships | When things go wrong, it's hard to give up being "right" and focus on making things better. But that's the only way to really repair a damaged relationship. | 7/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Three Words You Should Never Say | Saying what you mean and meaning what you say will build trust. These three words are trust killers. | 7/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Negative Self-Talk | We all have critical voices in our head. Sometimes they can be helpful but most of the time they're not. Challenging that negative self-talk is a crucial leadership skill. | 6/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Don't Take It Personally | Whenever you take something personally, you're likely to react and behave in ways that are not in your best interest. Here's how to step back and show up to your advantage. | 6/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eliminating Distractions | An ongoing series of Executive Coaching Tips designed to help you be perceived in the workplace the way you want to be perceived. | 5/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dealing With Emotional Responses | When other people become emotional, it can feel uncomfortable and throw you off track. Here are ways to stay effective and help the other person regain composure. | 5/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Delivering Tough Feedback | As leaders we often avoid giving tough feedback because of our own discomfort. These tools will help build your skills and confidence in these tough situations. | 4/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Disagree Agreeably | Most of us disagree in ways that inject tension and move us further, not closer, to resolution. Here are tools to help get a more desired effect. | 4/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sounding Executive | Senior people want you to talk to them about your work at their level. That means not telling them about all the details that feel so important to you. Here's how to think higher. | 3/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Getting Agreement | Top notch managers skip getting agreement for all kinds of reasons--and then are disappointed with the results they get! | 3/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Accessing Your Best Thinking | Nothing is more important than scheduling--and keeping!--appointments with yourself. | 2/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Act "As If" | Observing, practicing and integrating the behaviors of others can change how people perceive. You can also transfer your own behaviors from one part of your life to another. | 2/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Speaking For Yourself | Leaders who are able to use the "Speak For Yourself" tool signal that they're high in self-esteem and self-awareness. Here's a crash course in what it sounds like. | 1/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Assertion Versus Aggression | The distinction between aggression and assertion is critically important. Even mild aggression can damage a leader's image. | 1/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stories -- The Ultimate Persuaders | Every compelling business story uses the same three elements that are used in stories from Shakespeare to SpongeBob. To tell successful stories you need to master these elements. | 12/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leadership and Self-Deception | It's in our natures to create self-limiting beliefs. But learning to ask yourself three questions can help you expand your limits. | 12/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Managing Your Strengths | Mature leaders risk derailing their careers if they keep doing more and more of what they've always done. Here's how to think about developing complimentary skill sets. | 11/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Answering Essay Questions | Open-ended questions sound like invitations to talk and talk. But your listeners want crisp, concise answers. Here's how to give 'em what they want. | 11/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Creating Clarity | All too often, speakers eliminate the very cues our brains need to decode spoken language. Here are five things you can do to keep your listeners' brains tuned in to you. | 10/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"I Hate Politics!" | "Political" does not mean "devious" or "sneaky." It means understanding how people get things done using a certain set of rules. To advance, you need to know how to play by the rules. | 10/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Getting Good Feedback | If you want to manage how you're perceived in the workplace, first you have to find out how you're being perceived! Getting good feedback is critical to your success. | 9/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Networking | Four of the Ten Golden Rules of Networking are discussed to help networking become a manageable and positive part of your work life. | 9/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Your Workplace as Calling Card | Your workspace makes an impression on people beyond any words you speak. Would you hire the person who created that space? | 8/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sorting and Labeling | Sound more credible, make your material more understandable and become more memorable when you use the "Sorting and Labeling" communication tool. | 8/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Holding People Accountable | Here is a process that helps people become personally responsible -- or helps show that they aren't. | 7/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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I Talk Too Fast! | It's not possible to speak faster than our brains can compute. Then why do some listeners make us feel that way? And how can you be sure your listeners don't think that about you? | 7/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How Behaviors Change | Changing any behavior is tough. Making the change stick is even tougher. This two-step process will help you achieve your personal growth goals. | 6/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Positive Opposites | It's natural to leap to all-or-nothing thinking when the going gets tough. But that just makes us feel bad about ourselves. Here's an alternative to the fool's choices we too often give ourselves. | 6/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Listen Without An Agenda | Listening is like driving: we all over-rate our effectiveness. No matter how good a listener you are, these four techniques will buff up your skills. | 5/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Choosing Persistence | Whether you're job searching or submitting reports week after week, it gets hard to stay upbeat. These stories will help you stay positive and persistent. | 5/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Playback as Feedback | Audio and video feedback are such powerful development tools, it's self-limiting to dismiss this them just because you're uncomfortable hearing and watching yourself on tape. | 4/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Difficult Conversation | Five steps for making a difficult conversation as good as it can be. | 4/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sounding Well-Spoken | People who can talk off the top of their head and sound well-spoken are rare. Here are quick techniques to will help you sound crisp and articulate. | 4/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Be Impeccable With Your Word | There are many ways to be less than impeccable with your word. One can be in what you say to or about others, Another is in what you say to yourself about you. | 3/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Speed of Thought | When people ask what behavior is most crucial to conveying executive presence, I answer without hesitation: "Speed of thought." | 3/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Focus in the Face of Distractions | Day to day frustrations often derail us so we end up acting in a way that is not in our own best interest. Here's an idea to help you stay on track. | 2/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Giving Powerful Feedback | Most people hear the word "feedback" and flinch in fear. Here is a model that is easy to take -- and easy to do! | 2/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Elevator Speeches | Succinct summaries in response to open-ended questions make you sound like a razor-sharp executive. | 1/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Messaging During Hard Times | FDR's first Fireside Chat changed the course of the banking crisis by using six specific techniques. Learn those techniques here. | 12/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Becoming More Expressive | Variety keeps us listening to each other. If you can't be expressive, you won't display variety. Here's how to develop this crucial skill. | 12/4/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Compelling Speakers Share | An exploration of how to keep your listeners' eyes and ears engaged during your presentations. | 11/20/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Being Concise | Short sounds confident. But most of us can't stop talking. And talking. And talking. So our listeners perceive us as unprepared for leadership. Master this skill. This is The Sound of Leadership! | 11/13/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Handling Feedback Effectively | Feedback is often contradictory. And it feels personal. In the face of all that, it's easy to sound defensive. But people who act defensively seem unready for leadership. Avoid the trap. | 11/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Managing Beyond Bad Behavior | Repeated Headlines is an invaluable tool when you need to address ongoing behavior from a direct report, co-worker or boss -- or even a spouse or a child! | 10/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Assume Equality | There's always someone with more authority, more education, more experience, more money, more something. It's hard to keep your footing when you feel the field is tilted against you. What's the trick? Assume equality! | 10/23/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Act with Intention | For most of us, the intention we want to convey to others is vague and intuitive. But leaders who clarify their intention and put it in the front of their mind become blazing beacons in their organizations. Larry Webb is real-life example. | 10/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Project The Image You Want | Exercises and tips for creating the impression that will benefit you most. A crucial leadership skill. | 10/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Art of Chat | Chatting is a learned skill for many people. It's not all that hard to learn but you have to be willing to be a beginner -- and it's uncomfortable to be a novice again. But you can break through your old resistance. | 10/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Choosing Stories Over "Truth" | We see an event and automatically make up a story in order to make sense of what we've witnessed. Then, all too often, we think our made-up story is actually true. And then we act on that false truth. And then we're surprised when we find ourselves in all sorts of trouble. | 9/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Answer What's Asked | Too often we answer what's important to us but not what our questioners want. The result is they stop listening. Here's how to keep your listeners tuned in. | 9/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Drive Your Message Home | All too often when executives speak, their words pass through their listeners' heads without even slowing down! No one wins when that happens. Here are four concrete things you can do to make your messages stay in your listener's heads. | 9/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Owning Miscommunications | How can you succeed with a person whose communication style is like a pinball, randomly zooming from one place to another with no logic? And how do you raise delicate subjects without sounding like a whiner? Here's your answer. | 9/4/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Coaching Versus Therapy | Our development areas grow out of our personal histories. Overcoming our past is an act of courage. Which path will you take? | 8/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Keeping Repeated Material Fresh | Repeating material can be brain-deadening for us as speakers and for our listeners, too! But actors performing eight times a week for months on end know a secret. It's here. | 8/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Managing Your Boss | Too often we forget that our boss is our biggest customer. A classic Harvard Business Review article lists a whole set of things we need to know in order to keep that biggest customer satisfied. But most of us don't know them! | 8/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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When Learning Makes Things Worse | Attempting new behaviors that are supposed to improve your performance can actually set you back. Being prepared for the setback can help you manage it. | 8/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Building Trust | Many different behaviors contribute to trust being high or low. But one behavior trumps all the others. And, surprisingly, when that behavior is high, trust gets low. | 7/31/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Staying on Track | Sounding scattered and distracted is the opposite of The Look & Sound of Leadership. Discover how the question "What are we talking about right now?" can put you back in control. | 7/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Who's Coachable? | Eight factors to determine if an employee is a good coaching candidate. | 7/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Remembering Names | People who remember names exhibit confidence and honor for the other person. Remembering names isn't all that difficult -- but it does require choosing to get better. Here's how. | 7/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Managing Nervousness | Nerves eat up your mental capacity. They crowd everything out of your brain except their negative messages. But there's a way to put those nasty voices in the background so you can do your job. | 7/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Creating Charisma | Two beliefs you need to adopt if you're going to be compelling. | 6/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lead With Your Heart | Leaders who can manage their emotions and display them appropriately are magnets for their followers. "Emotional hygiene" is one of the most difficult tasks facing leaders. | 6/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Choose the Impression You Make | People are getting impressions of you when you're absorbed in your whatever you're doing. Consciously choosing your "neutral" can change how you're perceived in the workplace. | 6/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ask for What You Want | Many rising stars struggle when it comes time to ask for what they want. This episode discusses overcoming self-limiting beliefs so you can give yourself permission to ask for what you want. | 6/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 97 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
I'm so impressed with The Look and Sound of Leadership
I've had the chance to experience Tom in the classroom setting and now on audio. He's incredible and the material is rock solid. The Look and Sound of Leadership has helped polish my style. I'm also a more informed coach for my clients.
Highly recommended for everybody!
Ignore the word “executive” in this Podcast’s description: Tom tackles real-world issues that affect everybody, irrespective of the individual's professional role, personal situation or both. I relish “tapping into” Tom’s insightful coaching tips and techniques, which are immediately useful to me. Tom’s crisp, no-nonsense delivery complements both the message and the medium perfectly. Check out this Podcast. You won't regret it.
Informative, interesting and compelling!
The Look & Sound of Leadership is a wonderful podcast that I'm able to listen to in its entirety while I'm on my way to work or in the car. The tools and techniques are extremely helpful because I am young in my career and looking to be a more effective communicator within the workplace. I highly recommend downloading this podcast!
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