Julian is a sound and communication expert whose mission is to help people and organizations to listen better and create healthier and more effective sound, including speaking. He is  the author of the books How to be Heard and Sound Business.

Julian’s five TED talks have been watched more than 100 million times. 'How to speak so that people want to listen' is in the top 10 TED talks of all time. Julian is regularly featured in the world’s media and has guested on dozens of leading global podcasts.

In 2003 Julian founded The Sound Agency – an audio branding company that asks and answers the question “how does your brand sound?”and has recently launched Moodsonic®, a range of biophilic soundscapes to enhance well-being and productivity in workspaces. TSA's award-winning work has made headlines internationally.

Julian’s love of sound stems from his early experience as a musician. He was a drummer for indie bands The Transmitters, Fish Turned Human and Missing Presumed Dead and recorded vinyl and two 1981 John Peel Sessions.

Before The Sound Agency, Julian spent 20 years working in advertising and magazine publishing. He founded, grew, and sold the contract (custom) publishing agency TPD.

Julian lives in beautiful Orkney with his fiancée, multiple world champion martial artist, Jane Majendie, and their daughter.

Julian's vision: "We teach our children how to read and write, but not how to speak and listen. Conscious listening is rare, and never has it been more needed in the world; at the same time, millions miss out on the potential of the amazing instrument we all play – the human voice – and struggle to speak powerfully. My vision is to transform the world by inspiring people to listen consciously and speak powerfully."

[And I say, "Hear, hear, Brother!"]

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John Bates provides 1:1 Executive Communications Coaching, both in-person and online. He also gets 92+ Net Promoter Scores for his large and small group leadership development trainings at organizations like Johnson & Johnson, NASA, Google, Intuit, Boston Scientific, and many more. Find more at https://executivespeakingsuccess.com.

Sign up for his weekly micro-trainings for free at https://johnbates.com/mini-trainings and create a great leadership communications habit that makes you the kind of leader who inspires trust, loyalty, and connection.

Dr. Jon Finn founded the award-winning Tougher Minds consultancy and best-selling author of 'The Habit Mechanic'. He has three psychology-related degrees, including a PhD and has worked in performance psychology, resilience, and leadership science for over twenty years.

Tougher Minds uses cutting-edge insights from psychology, behavioral science, neuroscience, and world champions to help organizations develop ‘Habit Mechanics’ and ‘Chief Habit Mechanics’ – Resilient people, outstanding Leaders, and World-Class teams.

Having trained and coached over 10,000 people, Dr. Finn and his colleagues work with global businesses, high-growth start-ups, individuals, elite athletes, coaches and teams, leading educational institutes, government, and think tanks. For podcast episodes and free resources, visit: tougherminds.co.uk and find him on LinkedIn

Don't forget to grab a copy of Dr. Jon Finn's book, The Habit Mechanic

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John Bates provides 1:1 Executive Communications Coaching, both in-person and online. He also gets 92+ Net Promoter Scores for his large and small group leadership development trainings at organizations like Johnson & Johnson, NASA, Google, Intuit, Boston Scientific, and many more. Find more at https://executivespeakingsuccess.com.

Sign up for his weekly micro-trainings for free at https://johnbates.com/mini-trainings and create a great leadership communications habit that makes you the kind of leader who inspires trust, loyalty, and connection.

Dr. Marilee Adams is an award-winning author and pioneer in the fields of inquiry-based coaching, leadership, and organizational culture. She is the founder and CEO of Inquiry Institute, the originator of the Question Thinking™ methodologies, and a consultant, executive coach, and keynote speaker. Marilee is the author of the internationally bestselling book Change Your Questions, Change Your Life as well as The Art of the Question and Teaching that Changes Lives.

Marilee remembers this experience as if it was yesterday. She was leaving the psychologist’s office, after hours of testing for ADD, when the doctor patted her on the shoulder and said in a consoling voice, “Don’t expect too much of yourself.”

What?!

That was years before she published her first book, a cognitive-behavioral psychology textbook entitled The Art of the Question, which one reviewer hailed as the “book of the decade” in the field of psychology.

Marilee is driven by an unrelenting passion for learning and making a difference with what she learns. She credits this passion for learning as having been her saving grace and the basis for all she has developed. Her work is based on insights into the profound power of inquiry and mindsets in shaping our lives, our relationships, our results, and our futures. This work is making a global impact on individuals, executives, organizations, and teams. Marilee is happiest when people say things like: “Your work is so practical and it has changed my life—or my company, or my leadership, or my team, or even my marriage—Thank you!"

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John Bates provides 1:1 Executive Communications Coaching, both in-person and online. He also gets 92+ Net Promoter Scores for his large and small group leadership development trainings at organizations like Johnson & Johnson, NASA, Google, Intuit, Boston Scientific, and many more. Find more at https://executivespeakingsuccess.com.

Sign up for his weekly micro-trainings for free at https://johnbates.com/mini-trainings and create a great leadership communications habit that makes you the kind of leader who inspires trust, loyalty, and connection.

Giles Paley-Phillips writes books & writes and produces films. He is half of @blankpod & @forgotpodcast. He plays guitar in @burnthousemusic and is an Ambassador at @actionaidUK and Love at @cpfc Giles is Happily Mediocre. 

Find him at: https://Linktr.ee/GilesPaleyPhillips1 

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John Bates provides 1:1 Executive Communications Coaching, both in-person and online. He also gets 92+ Net Promoter Scores for his large and small group leadership development trainings at organizations like Johnson & Johnson, NASA, Google, Intuit, Boston Scientific, and many more. Find more at https://executivespeakingsuccess.com.

Sign up for his weekly micro-trainings for free at https://johnbates.com/mini-trainings and create a great leadership communications habit that makes you the kind of leader who inspires trust, loyalty, and connection.

How many people can say they’ve never had a “real” job? Renowned portrait photographer Jeffrey Shaw is one such person. Successful serial entrepreneur Jeffrey Shaw always created his own income without ever having had the safety net of a 9-5 paycheck. He learned the benefits of genuine connections and thrived by understanding the value of ideal customers.

Today, as a speaker, business consultant, and author, Jeffrey helps small businesses and the self-employed stop wasting time trying to satisfy some customers who will never be satisfied and attract only their ideal customers. Like a photographer sees their subject, Jeffrey shows businesses how to make customers feel seen, heard, and understood to improve customer experience, retain their most profitable customers, and create the business and life of their dreams.

Jeffrey Shaw is a TEDx speaker who was featured on TED.com, the host of The Self-Employed Life podcast with well over a million downloads, and the creator of The Self-Employed Summit. He is also the bestselling author of LINGO: Discover Your Ideal Customer’s Secret Language and Make Your Business Irresistible and recently released The Self-Employed Life: Business and Personal Development Strategies That Create Sustainable Success.

Find Jeffrey here: 

https://www.jeffreyshaw.com/

https://www.selfemployedbusinessinstitute.com/

linkedin.com/in/jeffreyshawauthor

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John Bates provides 1:1 Executive Communications Coaching, both in-person and online. He also gets 92+ Net Promoter Scores for his large and small group leadership development trainings at organizations like Johnson & Johnson, NASA, Google, Intuit, Boston Scientific, and many more. Find more at https://executivespeakingsuccess.com.

Sign up for his weekly micro-trainings for free at https://johnbates.com/mini-trainings and create a great leadership communications habit that makes you the kind of leader who inspires trust, loyalty, and connection.

Giuseppe Marzio, PhD, a scientist-turned-strategic-storyteller, has over twenty years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry.

As founder of Chiaro, a communications agency specializing in strategic storytelling for health and life sciences, he has worked with some of the most innovative companies in the sector, from startups and VCs to large corporations.

Giuseppe has been instrumental in raising hundreds of millions in funding, closing high-value deals, and taking organizations to the next level.

Find him at Chiaro.nl - And in case you were wondering, Chiaro, is Italian for “clear and understandable” and “bright and brilliant.” 

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John Bates provides 1:1 Executive Communications Coaching, both in-person and online. He also gets 92+ Net Promoter Scores for his large and small group leadership development trainings at organizations like Johnson & Johnson, NASA, Google, Intuit, Boston Scientific, and many more. Find more at https://executivespeakingsuccess.com.

Sign up for his weekly micro-trainings for free at https://johnbates.com/mini-trainings and create a great leadership communications habit that makes you the kind of leader who inspires trust, loyalty, and connection.

Grant Baldwin always enjoyed speaking and helping other people. So much so that he actually went to Bible college and became a youth pastor. He did that for a little while but eventually felt like there was something else he should be doing. While his wife was five months pregnant with their first daughter, he quit his job with no real plan for what he wanted to do with his life.

He felt like he was having a quarter-life crisis.

Grant spent months reading, exploring, and trying to figure out what he was put on this planet to do. He knew some of the things he was good at, and he knew what he enjoyed doing, but he was never sure how it all translated into a career. After several months, Grant decided to start a career as a speaker.

He worked hard and hustled to build his business and get booked to speak.

In the last several years, Grant has been fortunate to speak to audiences all over the country. He has spoken at hundreds of events and has given literally thousands of presentations at conferences, assemblies, conventions, and other events. He has spoken to audiences of just a handful to arenas filled with 13,000 people.

Connect with Grant Baldwin on LinkedIn, and see the great things he's up to at The Speaker Lab

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John Bates provides 1:1 Executive Communications Coaching, both in-person and online. He also gets 92+ Net Promoter Scores for his large and small group leadership development trainings at organizations like Johnson & Johnson, NASA, Google, Intuit, Boston Scientific, and many more. Find more at https://executivespeakingsuccess.com.

Sign up for his weekly micro-trainings for free at https://johnbates.com/mini-trainings and create a great leadership communications habit that makes you the kind of leader who inspires trust, loyalty, and connection.

Liz Kislik specializes in developing high-performing leaders and workforces and for 30 years has helped family-run businesses, national nonprofits, and Fortune 500 companies like American Express, Girl Scouts, Staples, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, and Highlights for Children solve their thorniest problems.

Liz’s work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal’s Morning Download, the Washington Post’s Work Advice column, Business Insider, and Bloomberg Businessweek. Her articles have been included in Harvard Business Press books Guide to Motivating People, Dealing with Difficult People, and Guide to Power and Impact, as well as in Entrepreneur, the European Financial Review, and the Forward.

She is a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches initiative, which brings together the world’s top coaches and thinkers; has taught at Hofstra University and New York University; and is a frequent podcast guest. She received her BA from Yale University and earned an MBA in Management from NYU.

Find her at lizkislik.com  - you can get her free e-book "Coping With Conflict" there, too! 

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John Bates provides 1:1 Executive Communications Coaching, both in-person and online. He also gets 92+ Net Promoter Scores for his large and small group leadership development trainings at organizations like Johnson & Johnson, NASA, Google, Intuit, Boston Scientific, and many more. Find more at https://executivespeakingsuccess.com.

Sign up for his weekly micro-trainings for free at https://johnbates.com/mini-trainings and create a great leadership communications habit that makes you the kind of leader who inspires trust, loyalty, and connection.

Dr. Keren Tsuk is an organizational consultant and leadership expert. Her Ph.D. is in leadership at 21st-century organizations. Keren specializes in helping companies and teams reach their full potential using mindfulness techniques. Keren focuses on senior management teams, helping executives find their inner wisdom and maximize their leadership potential. Dr. Tsuk teaches at IDC Herzliya and Lahav Executive Education at Tel Aviv University.

Find her at: www.wisdomtolead.co and connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerentsuk/

Get her book on Amazon: Mindfully Wise Leadership: The Secret of Today's Leader

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John Bates provides 1:1 Executive Communications Coaching, both in-person and online. He also gets 92+ Net Promoter Scores for his large and small group leadership development trainings at organizations like Johnson & Johnson, NASA, Google, Intuit, Boston Scientific, and many more. Find more at https://executivespeakingsuccess.com.

Sign up for his weekly micro-trainings for free at https://johnbates.com/mini-trainings and create a great leadership communications habit that makes you the kind of leader who inspires trust, loyalty, and connection.

Episode Notes: 

Jonathan Hinton Westover is a 3X #1 best-selling and award-winning author and is the #1 ranked HR, Innovation, and Future of Work Global Thought Leader & Influencer by Thinkers360. Global Gurus has ranked Jon #22 in "Organizational Culture" and #24 in "Management" globally, and LeadersHum's put him on their Power List of the Top 200 Biggest Voices in Leadership to watch for in 2022. Jon is also the host/producer of the Human Capital Innovations (HCI) Podcast and Chief Academic and Learning Officer of the HCI Academy.

As well, he is the Chair and Professor of Organizational Leadership and Change in the Woodbury School of Business (UVU), Academic Director of the Center for Social Impact and the SIMLab, Senior Director of Academic Service-Learning, and Faculty Fellow for Ethics in Public Life (previously the Associate Director) in the Center for the Study of Ethics. He is also an experienced OD/HR/Leadership consultant (Human Capital Innovations, LLC) with experience transforming organizations across the globe.

Connect with Jonathan on LinkedIn. Listen to his The Human Capital Innovations Podcast

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John Bates provides 1:1 Executive Communications Coaching, both in-person and online. He also gets 92+ Net Promoter Scores for his large and small group leadership development trainings at organizations like Johnson & Johnson, NASA, Google, Intuit, Boston Scientific, and many more. Find more at https://executivespeakingsuccess.com.

Sign up for his weekly micro-trainings for free at https://johnbates.com/mini-trainings and create a great leadership communications habit that makes you the kind of leader who inspires trust, loyalty, and connection.