Executive Chatting: Cultivating Your Personal Leadership Voice Learning objective: Increase personal communication style Do you know what you are saying? Before you speak a single word, you have said so much. Your body language, facial expressions, and attitude tell their own story. A strong leader knows how to say what she means. Her voice is strong; her points are clear, and she talks about the big picture. She invests in increasing her vocabulary and uses language that reflects core values, missions, and goals. She can take these skills straight to the bank as she rises to the top. At the end of this seminar, participants will be able to: a. Practice using and interpreting nonverbal cues b. Explore ways to articulate mission and values c. Explore techniques to build executive presence d. Identify individual listening and communication styles e. Examine personal communication challenges and ways to address them

1. October 23–25, 2014
EXECUTIVE CHATTING:
CULTIVATING YOUR PERSONAL
LEADERSHIP VOICE
Talia Fox, M.ED
KUSI Visions, CEO

2. Why Master The Executive
Chat
• Productive conversation and
small talk
• Asking for resources
• Managing and resolving
conflict
• Managing and leading people
• Inspiring and motivating others
• Gaining power and influence
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Executive Chatting: Cultivating Your Personal Leadership Voice

3. Why This Skill Will Change Your
Career Success?
• Articulating the best of who you
are
• Authenticity vs. Office
Appropriateness
• Clear and concise
communication moves business
mission forward
• Helps you put your values and
needs in action!
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Executive Chatting: Cultivating Your Personal Leadership Voice

4. Leadership Cannot Happen
Without Communication
• What are your personal communication
listening styles?
• What are the styles of those you want to
influence?
• Leads questions and reviews session
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Executive Chatting: Cultivating Your Personal Leadership Voice

5. Understanding and Managing
Different Types of
Communication
• Internal
• External
• Non verbal
• Verbal
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Executive Chatting: Cultivating Your Personal Leadership Voice

6. Build Executive Confidence
• Look confident ( act as if)
• Be present
• Be support
• Establish credibility and trust
• Develop style
• Be clear and precise
• Cultivate Greater Emotional
Intelligence
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Executive Chatting: Cultivating Your Personal Leadership Voice

7. The Science of the Chat
• Cultivating a natural conversational
style
• Be concise and clear without
sounding scripted or disconnected
• The power and danger of eye contact
and verbal cues
• Challenges specific to women
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8. Quick Tool to Improve Mental
Organization
Purpose: Drives all communication decisions
1. Introduction: Gets attention, Time frame, introduces 3
points
Transition: Connect to core personal leadership values
2. Points:
Point 1
Transition: Connect to Business Impact and Vision
Point 2
Transition: Communicate the Long term Mutual Benefits
Point 3
Transition: Why we value collaboration?
3. Conclusion: Drives purpose home, prepares for next
steps
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Executive Chatting: Cultivating Your Personal Leadership Voice

9. Chatting Your Way to the Top
Talk about things that support the big picture:
–What is the short term and long term Vision?
–What are the various Missions to accomplish?
–What are your personal and business Values?
–What are your professional and personal Goals?
–How can I improve Performance and productivity?
–What challenges is the organization facing?
–How can I (we) address these challenges?
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Executive Chatting: Cultivating Your Personal Leadership Voice