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Executive Leadership Training |
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Executive Leadership
Training – Do you need new words…or the attitude and
presence of a leader? |
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Qualified people who rise through the ranks - |
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Know what to do but may not know how to motivate others to do it |
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Know technical skills but may need help with tact and diplomacy |
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May not communicate with confidence and strength |
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Want executive leadership training so they to look and act like the leaders they are |
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The higher up you go, the less authentic feedback you hear about how you are perceived |
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Write your talks using a step by step formula: |
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Who are you addressing? Board? Staff? All leadership? Mixed group? |
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What do you want them to do when you finish talking? |
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What are three main points that would persuade them to do this? |
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Open with an example of success with this type of thing in the past (or failure with the need to not repeat), a rhetorical question, or what you have just noticed going on |
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Remind them of the benefit to the company, their department and to them personally to do what you are suggesting |
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Close with the same example, question or situation or better yet, improve your close by ending with the reasons you anticipate success. |
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Get Help |
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Get someone outside of the office to give you honest, unbiased advice, help with the writing and train you to speak like the leader you are. |
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Close the door of the office and rehearse |
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Rehearsal |
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Rehearse five minute portions at a time. What executive has 15 minutes available to rehearse their 15 minute talk? |
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Reading your notes is not rehearsal. You must practice aloud. |
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If someone else writes you talks, have them create outline notes with few words on them. This forces you to talk and not read to listeners. |
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Close the door to your office and rehearse exactly as you will speak in the actual meeting or conference call/teleconference |
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The first time through will be rough. Better to do it in rehearsal and not in the actual meeting. |
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Do not read PowerPoint screens to listeners. This alone would be a reason they want you to take executive leadership training. |
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If you are being groomed for leadership,
“Executive Leadership Training” may be a subtle way of saying
that you are not connecting with people. |
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What else helps you to connect with listeners? |
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Pause after saying something important to give them time to absorb it. Be willing to be silent. |
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Smile when you give good news. Matching your face to the content is underestimated. |
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In person meetings – be sure to look at each person’s eyes, although not in order one after another |
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Teleconferences – speak much slower than usual, articulate much more clearly. Help them to want to listen to you and not do email. |
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In person meetings – be sure to look at each person’s eyes, although not in order one after another |
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An executive speech does not begin with the
agenda slide. It opens with a story, example,
analogy or quotation. It pulls people in to
listen to the rest of the message. |
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Observe your peers and notice the one who exude leadership use these skills.
You do not have to feel confident to appear confident |
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Get training You obviously are doing the best you can. Get executive training in communication skills, just as you would get trained to improve your golf game. |
Information: (800) 769-6653 |
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