This month’s coaching conversation centers on learning how to watch yourself on video. It might be uncomfortable at times, but the benefits are enormous.

During the commentary, Tom talks about a checklist for you. It’s here.

direct link: https://essentialcomm.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Video-Review-Checklist.pdf

Related episodes are
Captivate Your Audience

Executive Presenting

“I Talk Too Fast!”

Performing Like a TED Talker

The Power of Rehearsal

This Tip is in these categories in the archive:

Executive Presence
Feedback
Presentation Skills
Perception – How You Perceive Yourself

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From all of us here, thanks!

See you next month!

This month’s coaching conversation wrestles with the obstacles that arise when you try listening to people who think out loud – often at great length!

Related episodes are:
Sorting & Labeling
A Breakdown of Listening
Leadership & Listening
Short Sounds Confident

In the archive, this Tip is tagged in four categories
Communication Skills
Leadership
Relationship Building
Social Skills

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See you next month!

From all of us on “The Look & Sound of Leadership” team — thanks!

This month’s coaching conversation focuses on a leader who finds herself in a storm of heavy seas. To help her find calm, Tom shares a technique from his past.

You can grab the PDF that Tom mentions in this episode at:
https://essentialcomm.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/MindfulnessResources.pdf

In the archive, this episode is tagged in four categories:
For Women
Managing Yourself
Personal Growth & Self-Development
Self-Talk

Related episodes are:
Combating Emotional Hijacks
Conquering Fear
Eliminating Distractions
Choosing Persistence
The Mindful Executive

The archive of Executive Coaching Tips is at:
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Thanks, all! See you next month!

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This month’s coaching conversation revolves around a former client’s direct report who is caught up in old wiring which is short-circuiting his effectiveness.

This episode is tagged in six categories. Something of a record!
For Women
Management Skills
Managing Yourself
Perception – How Your Perceive Yourself
Personal Growth & Self-Development
Self-Talk

Here are eight, yes, eight related episodes.
Combating Emotional Hijacks
Conquering Fear
Negative Self-Talk
Self-Limiting Beliefs
Self-Awareness & Self-Management
Taming the Wild Child
The Many Parts of You
Unmasking a Stand-In

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This month’s coaching conversation is between Tom Henschel and Mindy Danna who answer questions from our audience. Tom and Mindy have grown up together professionally. He runs Essential Communications where Mindy is a coach. She also works with the cutting-edge global consulting firm Cultivating Leadership.

During the episode, Mindy mentions two books:
  "Being the Boss" by Linda Hill & Kent Lineback
 "Thanks for the Feedback" by Douglas Stone & Sheila Heen

Five related episodes are:
  Discussing Difficult Behaviors
Giving Powerful Feedback
Handling Defensive Behaviors
Soliciting Feedback
Upward Feedback

In the archive, this episode is tagged in four categories:
 Feedback
Assertiveness
Management Skills
Managing Up

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or
[email protected]

Thanks for your reviews and ratings!

This months’ coaching conversation is with a leader who genuinely wants open dialogue with his direct reports but finds he may have been unintentionally limiting his conversations.

In the archive, this episode is tagged in four categories:

Communication Skills

Management Skills

Relationship Building

Social Skills

Six related episodes are:

Building Rapport

Communicating With Clarity

Creating New Behaviors

Facilitating Open Dialogue

Leadership & Listening

Questions as Leadership

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Thanks for your iTunes reviews!

This month’s coaching conversation focuses on a leader striving to become “more visible.” She and Tom imagine raising her presence by giving her a way to speak about herself as an expert without feeling like she’s bragging. A challenging needle to thread!

If you want help on this topic, Tom mentioned a resource he strongly recommends
“Brag! The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It” by Peggy Klaus.

In the archive, this episode is tagged in four categories:
For Women
Executive Presence
Perception - How You're Perceived
Self-Talk

Five related episodes are:
Act “As If”
Acting on the Corporate Stage
Personal Branding
Speaking Your Truth
The Look & Sound of Self-Esteem

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Internal promotions can be mixed blessings. Managing former peers has the potential to upset everyone. This month’s coaching conversation explores ways to handle this live grenade with aplomb.

Two books mentioned during the commentary:
Difficult Conversions by Stone, Patton & Heen
and
Crucial Conversation by Patterson, et al.

Lots of related episodes mentioned:
Relating to the issue of clarity:
Communicating with Clarity
Creating Clarity
Driving Your Message Home
Sorting & Labeling

Relating to the issue of managing people who are upset:
Combating Emotional Hijacks
Building Emotional Intelligence
Dealing With Emotional Responses

Deep gratitude to those who post reviews. Thanks!

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This month’s coaching conversation explores the three pillars of executive presence.

In this episode's commentary, Tom mentions research about Executive Presence conducted by the Center for Talent Innovation. The key findings are available at:
https://www.talentinnovation.org/publication.cfm?publication=1340

Three episodes grew directly from ideas in that white paper:
Gravitas
Emotional Intelligence
Showing Teeth

The Executive Coaching Tips archive has a filter for "Executive Presence." It's at:
https://essentialcomm.com/tag/executive-presence/

Four additional episodes you might listen to are:
Conquering Fear
Inhabiting Executive Presence
Short Sounds Confident
The Voice of Authority

Browse the entire archive at:
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Be in touch with us at:
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This month’s coaching conversation is between Tom Henschel and Mindy Danna who answer questions from our audience. Tom and Mindy have grown up together professionally. He runs Essential Communications where Mindy is a coach. She also works with the cutting-edge global consulting firm Cultivating Leadership.

Tips related to the questions and answers in this episode are:
 A Breakdown of Listening

The Executive Impostor

Leadership and Listening

Managing Trauma

Self-Limiting Beliefs

 Mindy mentions:
  “Being The Boss” by Linda Hill.
 

Google’s Aristotle Study

Tom mentions:
  “What Color is Your Parachute” by Richard Boles
 

Every episode is available at:
 https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/

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