How to Sound Smart and Confident at Work
Kara Ronin
Leadership Coach. LinkedIn Top Voice Careers! 300K+ YouTube subs. I help emerging leaders build visibility, influence & core leadership skills. Udemy Instructor Partner 80K+ students.
How to sound smart and confident at work is an issue for many emerging leaders.
You want your coworkers and boss to see you as intelligent and credible.
You also want them to see you as a confident leader.
Discovering how to sound smart and confident at work will absolutely help you achieve this.
In my coaching sessions and workshops, I’ve helped many emerging leaders adapt their communication style so they can sound smart and confident at work.
Many of these clients have struggled with issues such as getting their thoughts muddled during meetings or speaking fast because they’re nervous.
These are very common issues however they don’t have to stop you from sounding smart or confident at work.
How to Sound Smart and Confident at Work
Below are five practical ideas on how you sound smart and confident at work.
1. Get to the point quickly.
2. Use numbers for multiple talking points.
3. Use simple vocabulary.
4. Don’t disguise statements as questions.
5. Pronounce your words correctly.
If you want to learn more about these, then head over to my YouTube video below, or my podcast episode here.
In both of these resources, I share sentence examples and words that you can use to boost your communication and sound smart and confident at work.
I hope you enjoy this episode!
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4 年Great tips and love that keeping it simple is among your tips! I have often found, due to a lack of confidence or simply getting nervous people try to compensate by using big words or making things longer and more complicated. When actually the best thing to so is keep it short and simple.