Visibility And Communication Skills For Success
Key Takeaways
Our CEO & Founder, Jessica Chen, recently hosted a Soulcast Media | LIVE event on LinkedIn where she interviewed the Author of "Small Actions: Leading Your Career to Big Success" & Founder of Institute of Life, Eric Sim. They shared tips and personal stories about visibility and communication skills for success. Here are the takeaways for VIP Comm Pass members:
- How good we are at our jobs, multiplied by how good our communication skills are, is equal to how good people think we are.
- We have to raise our hands for opportunities, even if it makes us nervous. If people don't see us, they won't remember us, and then those opportunities will slip away.
- When there is an opportunity to speak, grab it.
- Great communication can be learned.
- We can prepare to become great communicators by practicing when the stakes are low.
- Every year we can take a self-assessment and ask ourselves where we can improve.
- It is best to speak up in the first five minutes of a meeting, rather than wait until the end.
- When we are at a conference, we can ask the first question. This will make it easier to network later because people will remember the person who asked the first question. If we wait to ask, we may not have a chance to ask our questions.
- In a virtual setting, we can utilize the chat function to gain visibility with the speaker.
- There is a lot of opportunity when we can find something in common with someone else.
- A clear intention can make our communications much more powerful.
- If we can communicate our work, we can communicate our value automatically. And this is how people see us and remember us.
- Thinking we need to make significant progress to be successful can leave us feeling stuck. Instead, we should think about incremental improvement. What is something small we can do today that will make us better communicators?
- Great communicators prepare to speak.
- When we speak, we need to think about how we can say something so it captures people's attention.
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Staying visible starts with excellent communication skills. The more we can improve our communications, the more we are able to communicate our value and stay top of mind.
*As a VIP Communications Pass holder, you get access to these show notes we’ve organized for you, so you’ll always remember what was shared. No worries if you didn’t take down notes. This is for you to keep!*