What if the communication skill that makes things happen isn’t the one you practice on a stage?
Here’s the problem: most of us think our speaking only counts when we’re behind a podium, pitching to investors, or standing on a red dot under a spotlight. So if we’re not “speakers” in that sense, we assume we don’t need to evolve how we communicate at all.
But that gap is where people stall. It’s in the meetings where you give hard feedback, the moment you have to motivate a team, the conversation where you “manage up” to your boss… that’s all speakership too. Most people never name it, let alone focus on it, and put the time in to figure out what comes next.
BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU’LL LEARN:
- Where the word “speakership” came from, straight from backstage at TEDx Salt Lake City
- How one leader’s “speakership” showed up everywhere from the red dot to the Shark Tank to a fishing trip with his kids
- The brain science behind why naming your story matters (hint: narrative coherence and the default mode network)
Speakership rarely happens on a stage. It happens in every other room you walk into.
When you finish listening, I’d love to hear your biggest takeaway from today’s episode. Take a screenshot of you listening on your device, share it to your Instagram stories, and tag me, @thespeakershiplab!
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OTHER LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Speakership Is Leadership (book)
- Speakership is Leadership (audiobook)
- Pat Crowley’s TEDx talk / Shark Tank appearance
- Research on narrative coherence and life satisfaction
- McAdams original research, “ Life story coherence and its relation to psychological well-being.”
- MedLink Neurology, Origins and relevance of the default mode network