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Ann Keil Dux

Ann Keil Dux

Emmy Award-winning former TV investigative journalist turned executive communication strategist and presence coach.

Sep 30, 2026

11:51
Follow this, and you'll communicate better," or what's your style?
11:54
Yes.
11:54
So I've worked through a go-to methodology, and it really points at this idea that many of, of the ideas and next steps that we can take are already inside of us- And so when we talk about that, what does that really mean? That emotional intelligence work is critical, right? And that takes time.
12:12
Most of my clients I work with six, nine, 12 months and beyond.
12:16
Uh, when we learn new habits, we have to layer them on.
12:19
We all wanna go on a great new diet plan, exercise plan tomorrow, but how do you make that a part of who you are, you know, your fabric? It's nearly impossible for most of us.
12:29
So this type of work of changing behaviors takes time and layers.
13:05
Mm-hmm
28:15
Is that a part of it?
28:16
Yeah.
28:17
So I think it speaks to what we truly believe, which is the more connected you are to yourself, the less often you lose access to yourself.
28:27
And those fears come up when you feel like you have nothing left.
28:32
Those fears come up when your anxiety, your stress, or even your overexcitement are so built up in your body.
28:37
You almost feel your face getting red and hot.
28:40
that you can't think anymore because your parasympathetic nervous system is out of this world.

15 MINS LATER

43:27
That's what the future walk is for, is to create that time and space to step out of the noise and think.
11:07
Maybe there's this magic moment for you and your enterprise to come forward and change the world in authenticity tied to emotional intelligence.
11:18
Yeah, I think that it's frustrating to your point when we talk about this because emotional intelligence falls into soft skills.
11:26
And when you think about your resume, I think about my resume.
11:29
I am high in communications and politics and some of these different topic areas, government, but I didn't have a lot of the data on my resume when I was young.
11:38
And so- if I wanted to pivot or move in a certain area, I didn't have what was needed because, especially when computers were starting reading my resume, because a lot of soft skills.
11:47
And I'm so glad to see and to experience this change that says, wow, soft skills are incredibly important.
11:57
And we're seeing that more and more and more to the point where it's not just talking about having strong communication skills and what it can do for you and strategic storytelling and how to really get that data carved out in a way that makes sense when you only have a minute.

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