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Welcome to episode 11, where we are delighted to interview Stephanie Bickel from Speak by Design, a team of executive coaches and trainers who are committed to helping clients elevate their impact and increase their influence through better communication skills. Stephanie and her colleagues provide presentation training, speech training, voice training, leadership communication training as well as specialized communication training for women to enhance their strengths and influencing skills.

We thought Stephanie would provide great perspective on how internal communicators can strengthen their personal communication and influence skills, especially as we are increasingly expected to lead change within our organizations. In this episode, we discuss:

• How to strengthen your relationship with senior leaders
• How the Shine Theory can help your team performance
• Two of Stephanie’s favorite TED talks: Margaret Heffernan and Tim Urban
• The top three common mistakes speakers make when delivering a speech

And much more.

About Sharon McIntosh

Sharon is president of And Then Communications. With more than two decades of communications experience, she has a passion for creating and executing new ideas to drive employee engagement at companies both large and small. Most recently Sharon served as PepsiCo’s vice president of Global Internal Communications, overseeing the company’s efforts to connect with its more than 274,000 employees worldwide.

About Sharon Phillips

Sharon Phillips is principal of Sharon Phillips Communications, which focuses on employee engagement and corporate communications strategy and support. Prior to relaunching her consultancy in 2014, she served as director of Global Internal Communications at PepsiCo.