About Matt Abrahams:

Today on The One Percent Project, I am speaking to Matt Abrahams. Matt teaches organizational behaviour and strategic communication at Stanford. He is the author of the excellent book Speaking Up without Freaking Out and host of the Stanford GSB podcast ‘Think Fast Talk Smart’. Matt is a passionate, collaborative, and innovative educator and coach. He has published widely on strategic communication, cognitive planning, persuasion, and interpersonal communication. Prior to teaching, Matt held senior leadership positions in several leading software companies, where he created and ran global learning and development teams. Matt has worked with executives to help prepare and present keynote addresses and IPO road shows, conduct media interviews, and deliver TED talks.

Strategic communication can alter people, teams, and organisations. One who recognises the value of communication realises the importance of honing personal and the team's communication skills. Good communicative skills increase employability, morale, engagement, and productivity, along with improved teamwork. Effective workplace communication contributes to improved performance of individuals, teams, and organisations. But the question remains, how does one achieve effective communication? Matt helps people find that answer. In this engaging conversation with Matt, he talks about strategic communication, who is an effective communicator, the communication styles of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Warren Buffet, his favourite communicators, the role of confidence in effective communication and much more.

Key Highlights & Transcript:  http://bit.ly/TOP_MattAbrahams

In this conversation, he talks about:

• 00:00 Intro 
• 02:42 Counterintuitive insights about strategic communication? 
• 03:37 How is an effective communicator? 
• 04:22 What excites him about teaching? 
• 05:40 Is it hard to teach strategic communication? 
• 07:52 The role of storytelling communication? 
• 09:44 The communication style of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffet. 
• 12:41 When you need to speak spontaneously, how do you manage your anxiety? 
• 15:54 How can founders have an effective communication strategy and storytelling framework? 
• 19:32 The impact of martial arts in Matt's strategic communication. 
• 21:53 The importance of the environment in effective communication.
• 23:12 Communicators Matt appreciates.
• 24:43 The importance of confidence in effective communication.
• 26:23 What is an introvert's strength in communicati