“I get so hot and shaky. My mind goes blank and I have no idea what I said or where I am meant to go next. And that’s when I have everything prepared! It’s even worse if I am presenting to the board” That was back at the beginning of April in our first group session about selling…
Just prepping for TEDx Academy this week. We are looking to bring some verbal beauty to our writing. After all we write for the ears not our eyes when we are giving a speech. Speeches are sound experiences for your listener. The more beautiful we can make them the more memorable they will be and you really…
Since COVID struck 79% of women at work have not received a promotion. 24% of women in senior management leave their jobs as opposed to just 7% of their male colleagues There are many reasons for this; the need to look after children and the spiraling costs of childcare, aging parents, and the exhaust of…
Did you know that 5% of all Czechs can’t make a sound that appears in their language because it is so difficult? Rosie and I should be listening to our tour guide who’s showing us around Prague – the ridiculously knowledgeable Ian! But we aren’t – we are in full voice geek mode! We are standing at…
A few years ago I remember reading about Gwyneth Paltrow’s conscious uncoupling from her husband Chris Martin and I thought how pretentious! But this week I am having a change of heart about the phrase at least.Sometimes we have been carrying around unhelpful thoughts, limiting beliefs, and inner critic pronouncements for years, perhaps decades about…
Feel like you are shouting into the void? Feel no-one is noticing the hard work you are putting in and the results you are getting? Are you frustrated because you are brimming over with ideas about how you and your team could perform even better and the senior team doesn’t seem to want to engage…
I just got slapped on the wrist about stickers! Bl**dy Stickers!! In a conversation with a client, she told me she had been told off because of an issue around stickers – she works in produce where stickers for food products are a big deal. She hadn’t done anything wrong, another department had but she…
Great coaching questions really help get down to the cause of the issue rather than the symptom. There are so many symptoms that can occur with speaking when our thinking is a bit wonky and it can be super tempting to jump in and fix them – the coaching equivalent of putting a plaster (band-aid)…
In the last couple of weeks, I have made several clients cry! A strange thing to admit on Social Media. They were crying in a good way. They had a speaking breakthrough and the emotion of it came out in tears. I am celebrating their wins with you to inspire you to keep on (or…
All the toes are pointing inwards. It looks quite striking – like a synchronised swim for shoes. The group have been instructed to select a pair and develop a character from the shoes; How would they walk? How would they stand? What would their voice sound like? How do they feel about themselves? Or the world? This was…