If you want to be successful and fulfilled, you’re going to need to be influential.

Influence isn’t just about what you say, it’s how you say it. You may have the best idea, but if you can’t communicate it with appropriate strength and a confident tone, you’ll get nowhere.

No matter what your voice sounds like now, you can train it.

Listen to this conversation to learn how women in particular can avoid common mistakes and develop a more influential, powerful voice.

My guest, Jessica Doyle Mekkes, is a professor, performer, speaker, executive vocal coach, and author. her book,  I’m Speaking: every woman’s guide to finding your voice & using it fearlessly, comes out in October 2023 and was recently listed as one of the publisher’s most anticipated titles of 2023.