Communicating With Confidence by Diane Flynn

15 ways women can elevate their influence at work and beyond

What you'll learn

Craft your own distinct and authentic communication style

Learn 15 ways that women, in particular, can strengthen their communication skills

Discover how weak communication skills can impact the trajectory of our careers

Unpack the reasons we diminish ourselves and our impact when speaking

Adopt ways to assert authority while nurturing meaningful relationships

Master phrases that instantly make you sound more confident and credible

Explore the role that body language plays in communication

Devise an action plan for speaking with confidence and impact

Requirements

No requirements needed, except an interest in growing your unique communication style!

Description

Do you lack confidence when speaking in meetings? Do you struggle to sell your ideas? Is your personal communication style in need of an upgrade?Far too often tentative language patterns compromise how women communicate and are perceived by others. This course offers 15 ways to increase your confidence and impact. Words such as “just,” “does this make sense?” and excessive apologizing can diminish one’s effectiveness in the workplace.We’re going to examine habits we have—often unconscious—that impact our power, persuasion, and influence. Use these 15 language tips in ways that serve you, whether you want to be more assertive in your delivery or perhaps soften your approach.Learn strategies from the best-selling Udemy instructor of “Growth Mindset: The key to confidence, impact, and fulfillment.”"Diane Flynn is one of the best workshop facilitators I've seen. She has world-class instincts about people and is phenomenal in reading a room with respect to what a group needs. And, most importantly, she models the perfect alchemy of direct and respectful guidance that helps workshop participants feel both stretched and cared for."- Chip Conley, Airbnb Strategic Advisor, Founder of the Modern Elder Academy and NYT Best-selling authorDiane FlynnFacilitates leadership programs for companiesCoaches executives on leadership and communicationIs a frequent speaker and has the best-selling course on Udemy on Growth MindsetIn this course, you will:Craft your own distinct and authentic communication styleLearn 15 ways that women, in particular, can strengthen their communication skillsDiscover how weak communication skills can impact the trajectory of our careersUnpack the reasons we diminish ourselves and our impact when speakingAdopt ways to assert authority while nurturing meaningful relationshipsMaster phrases that instantly make you sound more confident and credibleExplore the role that body language plays in communicationDevise an action plan for speaking with confidence and impactMore about Diane Flynn:Diane is Cofounder and CEO of ReBoot Accel, designing inclusive work cultures. She consults with Fortune 500 companies, coaches executives, and facilitates workshops that support and promote women and underrepresented groups. Ms. Flynn co-authored two books – "50 Questions Inclusive Leaders Ask" and "The Upside," presenting the business case for diverse workforces and best practices for tapping the potential of women. She facilitates workshops for alumni at Stanford Business School, and also serves as guest faculty at the Modern Elder Academy and 1440 Multiversity. Her Udemy Course is the best-selling course on Growth Mindset.She has been featured on The Today Show, NBC's Morning Joe, ABC News, NPR's The Takeaway, WSJ and Forbes, and has the top-selling course at Udemy on Growth Mindset. Diane was previously Chief Marketing Officer of GSVlabs, VP Business Development at Electronic Arts, and an associate consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. She serves on the boards at Avidbank, Resurge International and MixR, and previously served on the Sacred Heart Schools and Santa Lucia Preserve Boards. She earned a BA in Economics from Stanford and an MBA from Harvard.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 The Double Bind

Lecture 3 About this Course

Section 2: 15 Ways to speak with confidence and impact

Lecture 4 What’s your desired communication style?

Lecture 5 Just

Lecture 6 Apologizing

Lecture 7 Deflecting Compliments

Lecture 8 Emotive Language

Lecture 9 Disclaimers

Lecture 10 Hedging

Lecture 11 Fillers

Lecture 12 Questions that undermine

Lecture 13 I’d like to…and other needless words

Lecture 14 Intensive Adverbs

Lecture 15 Excessive Punctuation and emojis

Lecture 16 Actually

Lecture 17 To be honest…to tell you the truth

Lecture 18 Uptalk

Lecture 19 Vocal Fry

Lecture 20 Bonus: Profanity, Jargon, Idioms

Section 3: About these speech patterns

Lecture 21 Why do we do this?

Lecture 22 Can we speak with authority AND be likable?

Lecture 23 Phrases that instantly make you sound more capable and confident

Lecture 24 Try “I will”

Section 4: Body Language

Lecture 25 Why Body Language is so important

Lecture 26 Amplification

Section 5: Next Steps

Lecture 27 What are you going to work on this week?

Lecture 28 Stay in touch

Women who want to improve their confidence and increase their impact when communicating