Expand The Capacity of Your Voice

Today's leadership conversations are centered around impacting the workplace, the industry and the planet. Leaders speak to elevate the workplace values of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). They focus their efforts towards environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and corporate governance (ESG). They commit their participation towards the United Nation's 17 Global Goals (SDG).

Let's explore how you can expand the capacity of your voice to accelerate your mission and magnify your impact:

1) Be an Advocate

As a global impact leader, your passion for the mission powers your ability to share your vision with friends and family. Speak with the voice of a contributor, and your audience knows that you are an advocate for change.

"Seek first to understand, then to be understood." --Stephen Covey

Learn the Vision

The best place to get started is by learning about today's DEI, ESG and SDG initiatives. Read articles from trusted industry sources (United Nation's 17 Global Goals), speak to experienced practitioners, and watch online or in-person presentations from respected leaders.

Once you learn the basics of each of these initiatives, begin to formulate your vision of what these initiatives would look like in your organization. It's perfectly okay to start out with an abstract vision. The key is to continue adding detailed elements to your vision, especially ones that fuel your energy and passion. Learn the key vision elements from Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech.

Identify the Values

The DEI initiatives are simply named after the 3 values of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. These values are the priority of organizations focused on attracting and retaining world-class talent. (A 4th value of Belonging has now joined this workplace initiative).

As we expand to the ESG industry initiatives, we find values such as stewardship for the environment, responsibility for societal impact, and integrity in our business operations. Finally, the SDG global initiatives represent the entire collection of planetary values we use to create a world that works for everyone.

2) Be an Ambassador

As a global impact leader, your dedication to the mission powers your ability to lead your team to achieve short term objectives. Speak with the voice of an advisor and your audience likes that you are an ambassador for change.

A leader is not one who says, "Follow me". A true leader is one who says, "I'll go first." --Neale Donald Walsh

Declare your Vows

Once you have clarity of vision, you can describe a desired destination to your audience. Identify the values of this destination and make a bold promise to achieve them. Your vow will connect you with the hearts and minds in your audience.

When you take the first step, your audience witnesses your commitment to the initiative and consider taking their first step. When you consistently take additional steps, your audience recognizes that you are "all-in", and consider investing more of their time, energy and resources towards the mission.

Communicate Trust

Trust involves answering three key questions in every presentation and conversation. To answer "Where are we going?", share your vision. To answer "What is important to you?", share your values. To answer "How can we count on you?", share your vows.

Answer these 3 questions and you will have established a foundation of trust. From here, the audience will open up to receiving answers to other leadership questions they have for you. To continue communicating trust, build a message portfolio to powerfully answer each of their questions.

3) Be a Heroic Voice

As a global impact leader, your commitment to the mission powers your ability to generate money, support and reputation from every presentation and conversation. Speak with your Heroic Voice, and your audience trusts you to be an instrument of change.

Your Voice is an Instrument of Change. Be a Heroic Voice.

Create Connection

Every time you take the stage, focus on achieving three objectives: Connect with your audience, connect with your message, and connect the audience to your message. These are achieved through six message delivery skills from the Connection Triangle.

Demonstrate the skills of relatability and empathy, and show that you know and care about your audience. Use the skills of expertise and passion, and show that you know and care about your message. Create the audience experiences of comprehension and engagement, and they will know and care about your message.

Build Relationships

The purpose of every conversation is to earn the next conversation. For global impact leaders, their first conversations happen through networking opportunities or industry presentations. When these conversations go well, you earn a positive reputation that leads to the next conversation which may be a media interview, speaking opportunity, sales presentation, investor discussion, or a recruiting conversation.

When you use your heroic voice to turn initial conversations into long term relationships, you open the door to speaking opportunities that generate Presentation ROI. Examples of ROI are revenue from clients, funding from investors, and support from future team members, partners and sponsors.

Expand the Capacity of your Heroic Voice

To accelerate your mission and magnify your impact, consider joining our Presentation ROI MasterClass. The program prepares you for your most important presentations and conversations. Compose 7 leadership presentations, elevate 6 essential message delivery skills, record your signature presentation.

Schedule an appointment?with one of our executive communications coaches, and learn how the MasterClass will prepare you to generate money, support and reputation from all of your leadership presentations.