Speaking with Authority from the Authentic Self
When it comes to speaking successfully in business spaces, it can be hard to find the balance between speaking with authority, and speaking from the authentic self. Retaining your authentic self while speaking in business settings can feel difficult to manage, but we’re happy to offer our top tips on speaking successfully for business below.
Tell Your Story
Whatever your speaking requirement, knowing your topic and having the confidence to put your personal, authentic self into delivery will immediately improve your speech delivery in business spaces, improve its value, and leave an impression with your audience. Nurturing your own spin on storytelling, even in business settings, will upgrade your delivery and engage your audience.
Establish Trust
Take a deep breath, allow yourself to relax, and keep your body open with good eye contact as you speak. Warm and open body language and a sense of calm and confidence will help your audience trust in you - and in what you’re saying. Allow yourself to take pauses and pace your speech gently to help your audience relax and let your message truly get across. Seeing your audience trust you can help your trust yourself, too, instead of staying stuck in anxiety or imposter syndrome.
Practice!
It really is true - failing to prepare is preparing to fail. The success of any of our business tips or training sits firmly on a foundation of continued practice and preparation, Repeat relaxation and speaking techniques, finding your authentic self or brand identity, and knowing your speech or speaking topic inside out. Feeling prepared ahead of time will help everything else come easier, and reassure your audience of your business authority.
Nurturing New Skills
Whatever setting your speaking in, nurturing the skills of high value public speaking can help all of us flourish. Whilst our identities within business spaces can be very different to our personal selves, finding means to celebrate the individuality of our speaking and what our authentic self can offer to a speaking opportunity can make all the difference in business success.
Upskilling Your Speaking Style
Alongside genuine connection and preparation, an authentic and individualised approach can take you from an absolute novice speaker to a speech pro in no time. If you’d still like some further support in developing your speaking voice; get in touch with the Cybele training team here.