“What quality makes a GREAT speaker?” I ask this question in many of my corporate training programs, and my audience usually provides a variety of interesting responses — [...]

It was a pleasure to have a conversation with Jen DeTracey, Elevate Results Coach and Strategist. In this short but valuable discussion, we talked about elevating your influence and impact. On my [...]

  I was so excited to see that my book, From Nervous to Nailed It, has been featured on Shepherd.com‘s top list of “Best Books for Nice People to Be More Persuasive.” This [...]

You’ve got a presentation coming up, and you’re excited, you’re nervous, you’re ready to share your message and uplevel your visibility. So what’s your first step? [...]

  A presentation mistake, public speaking mistake, or communication mistake — just don’t do it! A few years ago, I attended a networking group meeting where the organizers [...]

What a pleasure it was to get a chance to do this interview with the Harvard Business School (HBS) Online Global Chapter. Facilitated by Gwen Mdinaradze, the HBS Online Global Chapter lead and [...]

You know that famous line, “Fake it ’til you make it”? Sometimes it’s true when giving presentations. You can spend months training and undergoing coaching sessions here [...]

  When our coaching mandate ended, I asked a client if she would consider providing me a testimonial that speaks to the amazing work that we did together. She did me one better and wrote me [...]

Many people reach out to me because they feel that their speaking journeys cannot start without it. They want to FEEL confident, LOOK confident, BE confident. Our belief in the POWER of [...]

“I’m so frustrated….I’ve got to shake this feeling!” Do you really, though? While we may sometimes perceive that frustration is a negative emotion, it’s ALSO [...]