Communicating In A Crisis

In today’s episode with communications consultant and trainer, Joanna Piros, we’ll explore how a leader’s desire for perfection creates missed opportunities for authentic and timely communication. Joanna shares 3 critical steps for leaders who want to lead with heart during a crisis. Plus, Joanna shares a pivotal personal story of speaking up for her family at a young age.

00:14 – Introduction

01:05 – How business leaders can endear themselves to others with open and honest communication in a crisis

02:19 – Communicate frequently

05:04 – Make it about your audience

07:09 – Give yourself permission to show up with vulnerability

08:16 – You can’t persuade people without trust

10:54 – How to speak on camera 12:08 – Joanna’s personal evolution

12:51 – Curating stories to connect with audiences

13:46 – Thrive or survive depends on your strategy

15:24 – Connect with Joanna Piros

About Joanna Piros

Joanna Piros has coached and trained over five-thousand, nine-hundred and forty-three people to light up a room, inspire teams or get that job or promotion. Joanna is a trainer, coach and consultant passionate about your success.

After many years as a journalist in radio and television, Joanna teaches public speaking, communication skills and media relations, in a variety of settings. She work with individuals and with groups to create customized workshops. Her client list includes every industry and profession from senior executives, cabinet ministers, mayors, celebrities and NHL draft picks to scientists, lawyers and exotic dancers.

Perhaps you’ve been passed over for plum projects, tanked in the interview or received performance reviews that question your presentation and communication skills.

Joanna can be all yours through her online coaching platform that makes it quick, easy and inexpensive to get professional feedback on your next important conversation.

Joanna believes great speakers aren’t born; they are made by coaches that turn real people into TED talkers. No matter how anxious you are in the spotlight, or good you are in front of an audience, Joanna Piros can help you go bigger and get better. Be a compelling leader. Get the dream job. Inspire action. (Source: https://www.joannapiros.com/about/)

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Joanna’s free course: ACE Q&A Preparation Game will help you dominate your next interview

Joanna Piros Free Consultation: unbouncepages.com/joanna-piros

Joanna Piros LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannapiros/

Joanna Piros on YouTube

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Joanna Piros on Facebook: /https://www.facebook.com/PirosPresentationCoach/

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Originally broadcast in May 2020 at the Lead From Within Summit

In today’s episode with Alan Stevens, we’ll explore the science and art of reading faces and the benefits of building communication skills and trust in your relationships, even if you’ve just met someone for the first time.

00:13 – Introduction

00:47 – How face reading helps us engage with people on their level thinking and processing information

05:23 – Alan demonstrates how it works

04:09 – Assessing traits if you’re starting out

06:55 – Knowing yourself first

08:16 – Improve your influence and engagement

11:32 – How micro expressions would have saved Julius Caesar

12:42 – People follow people not companies

14:31 – Building bridges in challenging relationships

19:05 – The importance of watercooler conversations

25:02 – Campfire Project

27:15 – Building bridges with the Men Too movement

About Alan Stevens

Alan Stevens is an International Profile and Communications Specialist. He is regularly featured on National TV, Radio and in the World’s Press, profiling the likes of our leading politicians, TV and sports stars as well as Britain’s Royalty.

The Newcastle Herald describes Alan Stevens as “The Mentalist meets Dr. Phil “ and as "The leading authority in reading faces, globally" by the UK Guardian. He is an authority in reading people; what they are not saying, what they are attempting to conceal and how they are likely to behave in given situations. All of this through recognising the unconsciously leaked indicators of concealment and deceit as well as the indicators of a person’s conscious preferred behaviours and personality.

He has been a founding board member of a number of charities, Zone Supervisor for the Surf Life Saving Association and Club Captain of Nobbys SLSC. Teaching his skills in the US, Europe and Asia, he has been a guest speaker for the Australian Technical Analysts Association, the National University Singapore and the Option Traders Club of Singapore. He has taught FOREX trading and The Psychology of Trading here and overseas. He also introduced sound & colour therapies in Singapore Schools for students with ADHD. Alan is also a Free Mason, a member of the Hunter Youth Mentoring Collaborative and a past Rotarian.

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Alan’s free course: How to Persuade and Influence Behaviours of Others

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Alan Stevens’s podcast: https://www.alanstevens.com.au/media/

Alan Stevens Speaker Pack: https://www.alanstevens.com.au/speaker-pack/

Alan Stevens LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/readingfaces/

FaceProfiler on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/FaceProfiler

FaceProfiler on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/face_profiler/

FaceProfiler on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReadingFaces/

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In this episode, we’ll learn from Deborah Connors of Well-Advised Consulting how teams can intentionally disrupt themselves to innovate and reinvent how they work together to change the workplace conversation. and talk with where Deborah helps teams and organizations.

00:13 – Introduction
01:09 – Deborah’s personal journey with Parkinson’s disease
02:49 – Importance of disrupting yourself many times in your life

04:09 – Complacency is not good for business
05:20 – Questions to help your team reinvent itself
06:10 – Social connections at work
09:14 – 3 things to help people flourish at work
10:21 – Increasing positivity for creativity and innovation
12:36 – Practising mindfulness in teams
14:07 – Hidden powers of personal and professional growth
15:34 – Prevalence of wellness in organizations
18:46 – Dr. Barbara Fredrickson and loving kindness research
19:56 – Guidelines for taking breaks and working from home
22:27 – Research on the 52-minute work hour

Deborah Connors speaks internationally in the workplace and at conferences, both in-person and online. She is a captivating speaker, storyteller and workplace coach. From starting Canada’s first annual conference (The Better Workplace Conference) to authoring “A Better Place to Work: Daily Practices That Transform Culture”, she has distilled the knowledge of hundreds of thought-leaders, combining it with her own leadership experience to provide practical advice on organizational and team practices to create environments that allow for more creativity, innovation, engagement and fun. Deborah teaches leaders to radically shift workplace culture so that people can flourish.

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Deborah Connors’s website: https://deborahconnors.com

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Deborah Connors’s blog: https://deborahconnors.com/blog/

Deborah Connors’s keynote: https://deborahconnors.com/speaking/

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Read April’s books on Amazon: http://booksbyapril.ca

Book April to speak at your event: http://aprilspeaks.ca

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Originally broadcast in May 2020 during the Lead From Within Global Leadership Summit at the onset of the global pandemic. My purpose for republishing is that the value of the conversations with leading experts from around the globe is still relevant and will continue to be a touchstone for empowering business and community leaders with innovation and compassion during challenging times.