
The Likability–Trust Curve
Recently, during my coach Tony Anagor’s “Unmasked” exercise, I noticed something about myself. When I walk into highly hierarchical settings, I become more measured. More
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Recently, during my coach Tony Anagor’s “Unmasked” exercise, I noticed something about myself. When I walk into highly hierarchical settings, I become more measured. More

Requests for public speaking coaching tend to arrive at the same moment. There is an important event coming up, time is limited, and the speaker

Many leadership meetings struggle for the same reason. The conversation stays abstract. Priorities blur. Ownership remains implicit. Change discussions drift into explanation rather than decision.

Think back to a talk, a lecture, or a meeting you attended years ago. You probably do not remember the slides or the structure. You

How shifting your focus from performance to perspective changes everything. Every time I’m about to speak, whether it’s to students, executives, or clients, my mind

In leadership communication, silence often says more than speech. It’s in the space between words, in the calm between ripples, that meaning takes root. Imagine

Most people see the seven minutes on stage. They rarely see the seven weeks behind it. When I wrote The Bollywood Speech, it began as

The Secret Most Speakers Miss What’s the most overlooked skill of great speakers? It’s not their voice.It’s not their gestures.It’s the silence before the first


