Don’t Miss Out on One of These Great Topics for Your Team

A trend I’ve been seeing across executives in the last few weeks is an unprecedented influx of requests for me to lead strategic retreats, host customer advisory councils, work with executive teams and boards, along with being interviewed on company podcasts and internal and external media outlets.

I didn’t want you to miss out on seeing some of these topics, so if you have an opportunity you want to discuss, let me know because my 2022 dates are filling up fast and I don’t want you to be disappointed if I am not available on the dates you request.

Below are some of my most popular topics executives are asking me to discuss with their teams right now.

Which of these topics would your company, event, or team benefit from the most?

Let me know and I can share how it can be customized in unusually creative and impactful ways.

• The Ultimate Leapfrog Strategy for Growth

• How to Successfully Lead During Times of Crisis

• Why a Tornado of Change can catapult innovation.

• The Innovation Trifecta® : How to create a symbiotic relationship between creative, technical, and business teams

• How to benchmark your company using the Innovation Inventory Measurement assessment

• How to Create a Truth Telling Company

• I’ve got your back: creating cross function support that focuses on results

• The Art of Giving Feedback That Actually Changes Something

• How to Increase Your Executive Power Circle of Support

• Putting Customers at the Heart of Your Company

• Discovering Moonshot Ideas That Can Catapult Your Company

• How to Define and Find Your Perfect Next Role

• How to Influence and Communicate With Anyone

• How to Speed Up Decision Making

• The Crucial Role of the CEO for Rapid Growth

• Building and Leading an Exemplary Board of Directors

• The Power of No and Why You Need to Say it More

• Why Being Sensibly Selfish Will Boost Your Personal Energy and Success

• How to Immediately Galvanize Your Team for Maximum Results

• The Thoughtfully Ruthless Guide to Rapid Growth

• The Influence Bullseye: How to Rapidly Increase Your Power of Influence

• How to Become Brilliant at Demonstrating Your Brilliance

• How to Show Your Employees You Give A Damn

Finally, did you get your copy of my latest book yet? I’d love to hear your favorite parts.

Words That Work Communicate Your Purpose, Your Performance, and Your Profit. Now available at your favorite local bookstore to support your local small business. Or online at Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Barnes & Noble, Target, Booktopia.au, Waterstones, Amazon.ca

Let me know if you want to order copies for your team or event and I can extend special offers and discounts to you.

Dedicated to growing your business,

Val

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How to Use the Power of Amazing Music to Inspire Others

I time travelled during the Super Bowl half time show yesterday…

(I know, how could I not mention the Super Bowl living in LA after the Rams won?!)

Mary j Blige dominated my cassette player in my teenage years (yes I even had a bright yellow Sony Walkman!) and to hear her again on stage at the Super Bowl halftime show left me full of fabulous memories.

Music captures the heart and emotion of those around you and it isn’t played often enough at work or important moments!

While the excess and glamor of a Super Bowl game might call for a mid game concert honoring musical legends Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, 50 cent and Mary J. Blige, you don’t have to go to such extremes.

You can reveal more of who you are by sharing your favorite music with your team.

You can liven up any meeting or event by incorporating curated playlists that have meaning and connection to what you are trying to achieve.

Vinyl records are peaking beyond 1992 levels of sales - which I put down to the increased understanding and value of nostalgia which evokes past memories through music.

..and if that doesn’t spark a desire to put on some tunes, music has been proven to boost productivity!

Want to learn more about the power of music? I cover more in my latest book…

Words That Work Communicate Your Purpose, Your Performance, and Your Profit. Now available at your favorite local bookstore to support your local small business. Or online at Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Barnes & Noble, Target, Booktopia.au, Waterstones, Amazon.ca

Let me know if you want to order copies for your team or event and I can extend special offers and discounts to you.

Dedicated to growing your business,

Val

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Five Strategies Leaders Need To Communicate Effectively With Their Staff

Think back to your last significant communication...

How did you feel as you started speaking?

Did you feel in control, confident of your lines and excited to share your message?

Or perhaps you were running between back-to-back meetings, hadn’t had time to clear your head or review your script?

Have you ever felt like a talk­ing head where you can’t connect to the words that are falling from your lips that someone else wrote for you and you are wondering exactly what you will say next?

Preparation is crucial. It needs to be done at a pace you are comfortable with. Some leaders like to write their own talking points and scripts then let someone else finesse and edit them. Others prefer to give a verbal download and let their communications guru craft the soundbites and stories. Others still prefer to be handed their full script and make minor edits.

Any of these scenarios can work if it is intentional. Your preparation will also depend on your confidence in your communications team and their ability to ‘get’ your voice and the voice of your company. This takes skill and ability to craft both the unique angle of the company while also infusing the leaders voice throughout.

The most crucial part of your preparation is blocking enough time in your calendar ahead of the event to allow for edits and revisions.

You can follow the Triple 30 rule for intentionally communicating at every level. If you follow these goals for each of the three 30s, you will calmly get your message across right before the event:

• 30 days prior: the purpose, audience, topics, and messages are clear.

• 30 hours prior: the details, logistics, and script are confirmed.

• 30 minutes prior: your free silent time to prepare.

This is the first of five strategies for communicating effectively with your team. You really need to... Prepare the precise words you will use.

The next four are in summary below and you can find the detail in my interview with the Association of MBAs Ambition Magazine here.

2 Create real and relevant content (a story of an executive getting a tattoo to get his message across on stage!)

3 Use the power of music (an idea you can use in your next meeting today)

4 Practice and refine your delivery (an uncomfortable tip you will love to hate)

5 Know where you are brilliant (a tool for you to evaluate where you are brilliant)

Had a chance to read my new book yet? I’d love to hear what your favorite part so far is!

Words That Work Communicate Your Purpose, Your Performance, and Your Profit. Now available at your favorite local bookstore to support your local small business. Or online at Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Barnes & Noble, Target, Booktopia.au, Waterstones, Amazon.ca

Let me know if you want to order copies for your team or event and I can extend special offers and discounts to you.

Dedicated to growing your business,

Val

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