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How To Use Gesture To Your Advantage
Jamie Chapman, one of our Principal Coaches shares with us a story of one of his clients’ fantastic transformations that landed her the dream job. “When Rachel came for an Elocution and...
Published: September 25, 2015
6 Techniques to Overcome Public Speaking Anxiety
Glossophobia, the fear of public speaking, is greater than the fear of death for 75% of us. It affects everyone from CEO to student, manager to marketer. Too many of us are...
Published: August 21, 2015
LSW’s communication tips for each Labour Leadership candidate
With the Labour Leadership contest hotting up with as many surprises, plot changes and startling character developments as a heart-thudding novel, we thought it was time to put the spotlight on the four contenders...
Published: August 11, 2015
Authentic Speech: What Does It Mean And Why Should You Care?
We all know what inauthentic communication looks and sounds like. Whether it’s a politician from an elite background trying to mimic a Northern working class accent to “get on the voters’ level”, or...
Published: July 23, 2015
Your Accent Challenge: Overcome It By Focusing On 4 Key Ideals
Accents can be a challenge. Even if you are a fluent English speaker, you may find an accent to be a bump in the road towards being the best communicator you can be. ...
Published: June 23, 2015
How To Eliminate Negative Internal Voices
“The more a person allows the critical voice to affect the way they speak, the more they retreat inwards, away from good communication.” Last week I ran a workshop in Glasgow for...
Published: May 21, 2015
What Is Convergence?
Have you ever been speaking to someone with a different accent, and found yourself changing the way you speak to sound more like them? Let's Explore It might be just little touches,...
Published: March 12, 2015
Authentic Communication At Work
Last night I went to a talk on authenticity in the work place. Some of it was good, and some really good. And unsurprisingly, given the subject matter of the talk, the moments that...
Published: February 19, 2015
Election Fever
Well, it's election time, folks. No doubt about it. For the next four months we will be bombarded with speeches, leaflets and party political broadcasts. Lucky us. Actually, I like a good...
Published: January 20, 2015
Amy Cuddy — Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are
Is it possible to turn your nerves into swagger in just two minutes? In one of the most popular Ted Talk’s of all time, Amy Cuddy explores the science of body language...
Published: January 9, 2015