Executive Chatting: Cultivating Your Personal Leadership Voice (WOC 2014)
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October 23–25, 2014
EXECUTIVE CHATTING: CULTIVATING YOUR PERSONAL LEADERSHIP VOICE
Talia Fox, M.EDKUSI Visions, CEO
Women of Color STEM ConferenceExecutive Chatting: Cultivating Your Personal Leadership Voice
Why Master The Executive Chat
• Productive conversation and small talk
• Asking for resources • Managing and resolving conflict• Managing and leading people• Inspiring and motivating others• Gaining power and influence
Women of Color STEM ConferenceExecutive Chatting: Cultivating Your Personal Leadership Voice
Why This Skill Will Change Your Career Success?
• Articulating the best of who you are
• Authenticity vs. Office Appropriateness
• Clear and concise communication moves business mission forward
• Helps you put your values and needs in action!
Women of Color STEM ConferenceExecutive Chatting: Cultivating Your Personal Leadership Voice
Leadership Cannot Happen Without Communication
• What are your personal communication listening styles?
• What are the styles of those you want to influence?
• Leads questions and reviews session
Women of Color STEM ConferenceExecutive Chatting: Cultivating Your Personal Leadership Voice
Understanding and Managing Different Types of Communication
• Internal
• External
• Non verbal
• Verbal
Women of Color STEM ConferenceExecutive Chatting: Cultivating Your Personal Leadership Voice
Build Executive Confidence• Look confident ( act as if)• Be present• Be support• Establish credibility and trust• Develop style • Be clear and precise• Cultivate Greater Emotional
Intelligence
Women of Color STEM ConferenceExecutive Chatting: Cultivating Your Personal Leadership Voice
The Science of the Chat
• Cultivating a natural conversational style
• Be concise and clear without sounding scripted or disconnected
• The power and danger of eye contact and verbal cues
• Challenges specific to women
Women of Color STEM ConferenceExecutive Chatting: Cultivating Your Personal Leadership Voice
Quick Tool to Improve Mental Organization
Purpose: Drives all communication decisions1. Introduction: Gets attention, Time frame, introduces 3 pointsTransition: Connect to core personal leadership values2. Points: Point 1Transition: Connect to Business Impact and VisionPoint 2Transition: Communicate the Long term Mutual Benefits Point 3Transition: Why we value collaboration?3. Conclusion: Drives purpose home, prepares for next steps
Women of Color STEM ConferenceExecutive Chatting: Cultivating Your Personal Leadership Voice
Chatting Your Way to the Top
Talk about things that support the big picture:
–What is the short term and long term Vision?–What are the various Missions to accomplish?–What are your personal and business Values?–What are your professional and personal Goals?–How can I improve Performance and productivity?–What challenges is the organization facing? –How can I (we) address these challenges?