Close Up Radio Spotlights Coach and Communication Trainer Barbara Boldt and Boldt Global

Why is it important to stay true to yourself while developing your speaking capabilities?

Well, the biggest reason you want to stay true to yourself is that people immediately identify if you're not staying true to yourself.

Basically, audiences and people listening or watching know when you're either trying to be someone you're not or you're in some way staking it.

It's really weird how people twig on that.

They just pick it up.

So everyone has to find their own way of communicating their best self and communicating as their best self, I guess is the way to put it.

Later this week, I'm actually teaching or giving a workshop with a friend of mine on executive presence.

for women.

It's specifically for women.

And one of the things we say is that executive presence isn't just a thing.

Everybody has their own version.

So you always bring yourself to whatever you do.

And not everybody's going to sound the same.

Not everybody's going to look the same.

That would just be boring, frankly.

So what we want to find is that authentic professional, polished way of communicating for each person.

And I work really hard at that.

Everybody, if your default is to mumble, I'm going to correct that.

I'm not going to allow someone to mumble if they're giving a speech or a talk because people can't understand you.

However, Enunciating isn't being inauthentic.

Every person can enunciate their words in their own way.

So that's the difference.

I'm never trying to make someone in the image of anyone else.

I'm just trying to help them apply the skills that will help them speak in the most effective and persuasive and engaging way that they can.

Why is it important to stay true to yourself while developing your speaking capabilities?

Well, the biggest reason you want to stay true to yourself is that people immediately identify if you're not staying true to yourself.

Basically, audiences and people listening or watching know when you're either trying to be someone you're not or you're in some way staking it.

It's really weird how people twig on that.

They just pick it up.

So everyone has to find their own way of communicating their best self and communicating as their best self, I guess is the way to put it.

Later this week, I'm actually teaching or giving a workshop with a friend of mine on executive presence.

for women.

It's specifically for women.

And one of the things we say is that executive presence isn't just a thing.

Everybody has their own version.

So you always bring yourself to whatever you do.

And not everybody's going to sound the same.

Not everybody's going to look the same.

That would just be boring, frankly.

So what we want to find is that authentic professional, polished way of communicating for each person.

And I work really hard at that.

Everybody, if your default is to mumble, I'm going to correct that.

I'm not going to allow someone to mumble if they're giving a speech or a talk because people can't understand you.

However, Enunciating isn't being inauthentic.

Every person can enunciate their words in their own way.

So that's the difference.

I'm never trying to make someone in the image of anyone else.

I'm just trying to help them apply the skills that will help them speak in the most effective and persuasive and engaging way that they can.