The Indispensable Employee
Visibility Through Speaking Strong
Welcome,
Do the people at work know how good you are? Are your managers aware of the mountains you move to fulfill their requests? Do you garner the recognition you deserve?
Does your boss complain when you give him exactly what he asks for? Do you have to jog to the restroom with your manager just to get a few minutes of her time? Are your suggestions dismissed without being considered seriously?
Do you ever feel invisible at work?
As an Employee, You Need Power Phrases to Speak Strong
If you talk like an order-taker, people will consider you to be one. If you communicate without authority, people will assume you don’t have any. If you speak small, people will assume you are. Your communication may prevent you from realizing your potential.
If you speak like a tyrant, people will fear and avoid you. If you speak with false authority, you will lose trust. If you are overbearing, you will shut people down.
Some of us err on the side of sounding too weak, and others err on the side of sounding too tough. Of course, then there are those of us who do both.
There is a middle ground. Whether you’re a new or seasoned employee and whether you come on too soft or too strong, you’re certain to find the information you need to excel here at Speak Strong. I provide the actual words for situations you face every day. I don't just help you know what to say, I show you how to say it. Oh - yes - and I show you what NOT to say, too. That's as concrete as it gets.
Speak Strong provides effective words for interviews, performance reviews and everything in between.
In my books, articles, newsletters and presentations, you can find the best words for:
• Presenting ideas
• Clarifying assignments
• Managing your boss
• Refusing assignments
• Handling multiple requests by multiple people
• Dealing with the office gossip
• Handling conflict
• Getting a great performance review (or for getting one at all)
• Getting a meeting with your manager
• Garnering recognition
• Much, much more
Be the kind of employee your boss wants to keep forever. Explore Speak Strong to get the right phrase for every situation every time.
Here at SpeakStrong, I help you find the words to communicate in powerful ways that increase your success and value. Take advantage of the information I offer.
Explore my DVDs such as Next! And Other Empowered Ways to Deal with Rejection. You’ll find it and more in my bookstore.
Order one or all of my four books, including PowerPhrases! The Perfect Words to Say it Right and Get the Results You Want. Let it be your communication guide.
Enroll for my FREE weekly newsletter called A PowerPhrase a Week. It’s packed with words, phrases and tools that you can apply immediately.
Encourage your manager to bring me in for a series of workshops such as The Leadership and Life Series. Let these workshops be your company’s fast track to exceptional communication skill.
Oh, I almost forgot – I am available for individual coaching. Hire me to be your personal fast track to exceptional communication skill.
The SpeakStrong Library is available here.
It’s About Knowing What You Have to Say and Having the Words to Say It
My SpeakStrong resources don’t just provide concepts. They provide concrete wording to help you communicate with clarity, conviction, courage and candor necessary to succeed. For example, the resources available here can help you find:
1. The words to express your vision and how it fits into the organizational mission.
2. The words to get your systems honored and respected.
3. The words to get your managers to level with you.
4. The words to address issues as they arise and initiate essential hot button conversations.
It’s Time to Speak Strong
If you’re like most employees (and like me), you’ve held back great ideas because you didn’t know what to say or you didn’t want to rock the boat. And (like me) you’ve probably also initiated hot button conversations with reckless abandon and later regretted your words. If you’re like most employees, you haven’t tested the limits of your power right there where you are. If you’re like most employees, you make your job look easier than it is, and don’t get the recognition you deserve. If you’re like other employees, it’s time to stop being like other employees and to become an employee that stands out.
Did you know how much power an exceptional employee can have?
Here’s a common scenario. An employee becomes unhappy in her situation to the point of being ready to quit. When she tenders her resignation, the boss is shocked. Suddenly this manager who couldn’t find a minute for an important conversation with this employee is suddenly ready to hear everything – and to make concessions.
Don’t wait until you’re ready to leave to make your voice heard.
Check Out Speak Strong Resources to Improve Your Communication
Here’s a cool communication tool you can use immediately:
• Communication Style Inventory
Here are a couple of other tools you get free when you sign up for A PowerPhrase a Week newsletter:
• Standards of Effective Communication Downloadable Poster PDF
• The SpeakStrong List of the Top Ten Poison Phrases to avoid at all cost
Great communication is easier than you think
I offer numerous formulas and the actual words you need to address those vexing and perplexing issues that affect you and your boss and coworkers. But everything I teach is based on one simple formula. This formula is so straightforward you’ll wonder why you didn’t think of it yourself. (If you did, you’ll wonder why you didn’t use it.) This formula is so effective you’ll wish you had it long ago. Once you learn this formula, you’ll be ready to address personal issues you had resigned yourself to long ago.
I apply this formula to help you find the perfect words for the situations you face every day. My words have been tested around the world for their power and effectiveness in business communication. They have been embraced by thousands of executives, and they will add power to your communication.
Are you ready to read the formula that is the basis of the most successful conversations you could ever have? Managers ask me, “What are your communication secrets?” My secrets are surprisingly simple. I have five concrete formulas that I apply repeatedly. When I need to Speak Strong I use a formula. When someone needs help with wording I use a formula. Speaking powerfully really is that easy.
I have five concrete formulas, but the most important formula I use…the formula that is the foundation of everything I say is…
Here goes…
Say what you mean and mean what you say…
without being mean when you say it.
Can it be that simple? Yes – and yet as simple as it is, so few people actually do it.
PowerPhrases aren’t just about confrontation. They are also about connection. PowerPhrases! will help you make that connection.
Hundreds of people (I’m not exaggerating) have told me that just using that formula they have transformed their communication. Start with that simple principle today. And search the site for more information to help with your specific communication challenges.
Here’s what others say about Speak Strong and Power Phrases.
I get a lot of comments on how useful the tools I provide are. Many of these comments are unsolicited. Here are a few.
I recently purchased your book Power Phrases! and found it quite amazing. I would like to be added to the list that receives the newsletter. Thank you for writing such a useful book. I will keep it with me and refer to it often!
~ Kathy L.
Your content is significant, your delivery truly special. Thank you.
~ Lynn P.
My thanks go to YOU for such a valuable tool and service that you provide! Keep up the good work and my friends and I will continue to look forward to all of the newsletters, phrases, and success stories, among the features!
~ Joan S.
Here at SpeakStrong, you can get books, CDs, DVDs, newsletters and articles that you can use right away
Information gives out. Communication gets through.
Isn’t it time your words got through?
Others may talk about communication, but here at Speak Strong we help you find the exact words to speak.
I help you to say what you mean and mean what you say
without being mean when you say it.
Go ahead - leisurely explore my site.
You'll find my bookstore loaded with practical resources, the newsletter packed with beneficial information you can use immediately, and the site brimming with illuminating articles. I even respond to questions personally.
If there is something you need to say, I can help.
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"I actually look forward to Wednesday just because I know the newsletter will give me new and useful information and has even made me rethink how I write correspondence and speak to people." ~ Bob H.
"I have gained more useful information and communication skills from the weekly Power Phrase than any other communication training I've taken. Please keep up the good work." ~ Ebby F.
If you want to take the fast track to effective communication, visit our SpeakStrong bookstore for tools you can use immediately.
"Your book has saved my professional and personal self-confidence with communicating. It’s a ready reference for phrases that are specific and short, but quick and to the point." ~ Kim Hawks, Financial Manager
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~ Meryl
