Attention Talent Development, Corporate Sourcing Recruiters and Directors of HR in the Pittsburgh, PA area
Do you ever feel like your high potential emerging leaders' communication skills fall short when representing your company?
Do they portray the image and sound like the leaders you want representing you?
As you already know, finding those "needle-in-a-haystack" emerging executive leaders for your company are tough to pick out. You don't want to miss that one person--that one up and coming--because he or she will help you and your company produce more revenue.
But what happens if you find that person and everything is just right except that one thing: his speech, language or voice skills. These skill are so critical in making that person become a "rock star" in your company.
My name is Lynda Stucky and I have coached hundreds of clients on their speech, language, and voice skills increasing the overall bottom line of over 25 local and domestic companies. Companies that you are familiar with like: Ernst &Young, Bayer, PPG, PNC, BNY Mellon, Proctor and Gamble, EQT, First Energy, Giant Eagle and many more.
Speech, language and voice coaching has been my passion for over 20 years. You see, I started out in graduate school learning how speech and language are developed in young children, then teenagers and then young adults. But I didn't stop there because our speech and language skills continue to develop and change as we grow older and even learn another language. Sometimes, we develop bad habits that require work to minimize and overcome them. That's what I love to do--invest in those high potential executives who choose to pursue the communication skills of a leader.
Granville Toogood, the author of The Articulate Executive got it right when he said, "When you marry brains and talent with outstanding communication skills, the sky's the limit."
It happened to Crystal, a high potential candidate who was being considered for a promotion. Crystal's boss however, noticed that she had a communication style that was going to be a roadblock to her success. She was visibly tense when she spoke and she used a fast rate of speech that was characterized by a lack of focus and rambling. She struggled to make her point. Direct reports had difficulty warming up to her. Since her new position would require more frequent presentations, and reporting to higher level staff, speech and voice coaching was recommended.
After eight coaching sessions of learning strategies to be concise, practicing slowing down and preparing for all the audiences that Crystal would be speaking to, her boss reported significant improvement in her presentation style and promoted her without hesitation. Crystal's team used descriptive words like "well-respected" and "engaging" to rate her as a manager. Her boss said that coaching was a "great investment" because Crystal noticeably improved in her self-confidence and she represented the company at a higher level of credibility and trustworthiness.
Ankit, another potential candidate in the financial industry spoke with a strong foreign accent that left listeners decoding his messages and asking for clarification nearly every time he opened his mouth to speak. This was frustrating to both him and his listeners. This also became an issue when he reported projects to the board because other people had to step in and translate what he said. His credibility was reduced significantly and his boss wondered if he could carry his own. Speech coaching was recommended and Ankit learned strategies to pronounce his words more clearly and fluently, to slow down and to use strategies that helped the listener decode the message naturally and smoothly.
Ankit's boss reported that Ankit's progress following coaching made him a dynamic speaker who could easily adapt and modify his speech during presentations so that his listeners always understood him. Ankit was promoted to a higher level and his success for the company was certain.
I can help you, too. For a limited time, I am offering my personalized Quick Start Evaluation System that assesses the speech, voice and language skills of your rising executives for FREE! Following the Quick-Start Evaluation, you will be provided with a unique one-of-a-kind Score Card of the executive's communication skills. It is based on 12 speech, language and voice competencies that every leader MUST have in order to be a great communicator. The kind of communicator that your organization wants--one who commands the attention and respect of the listener whether the audience is one person or 1000!
Then, we will decide how to "lower" their score by creating an action plan to develop the necessary skills they need (and desperately want) to move up, sound polished and confident, and gain the respect they deserve as a leader in your organization!
Why am I doing this? You see, I want to grow my business but I don't want to spend a lot of money on advertising. I'd rather take the money that I would've spent on that and work 'one-on-one' with a few select individuals that I can build a relationship with! Not only that, YOU will look like a hero because you have found a way to assess their skills and you will be able to report a Plan of Action to develop their communication weaknesses that will maintain and boost the professional image of your company. I want to be the ONLY person that you work with in the future for speech and voice services in your company!
If you have high-potential, emerging leaders who are in need of an evaluation of their communication skills, please contact us! For those who qualify, there is no charge for a Quick-Start Evaluation that assesses the Speech, Voice and Language skills (the most important skills you can develop to sound professional and present in an engaging style) of your rising and emerging executive leaders.
