Lisa Heller, a longtime Wall Street executive, gives a short testimonial on the importance of public speaking for senior executives. She says strong speaking skills enable leaders to convey messages, relate to audiences, and persuade others; she credits TJ Walker’s class with helping her structure messages, improve memorability, and connect with listeners.
In my experience, senior executives all have one thing in common, and that is excellent public speaking skills, the ability to get their messages across, to relate to an audience. That's why I think it's such an important skill for people to develop, no matter what stage they are in their career. At some point, you're going to be called on to give a message, give a presentation, convince people of your ideas, give your pitch. And I think taking this class with TJ has really helped me focus on structuring my message so that people remember what I'm saying, so that I'm convincing, so that I'm connecting with the people I'm talking to.
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