#65 Kit Pang on Speaking with Persuasion and Influence

Kit Pang is a Harvard Business School public speaking coach and the founder of BostonSpeaks—a public speaking firm that teaches people how to conquer fear and crush their presentations. Kit’s clients have come to him from diverse industries, including:

* Fortune 500 CEOs and well-known TEDx Speakers

* NFL Players and Three-Star Michelin Chefs

* Rising leaders and executives of companies like Dell, Delta, RE/MAX, and many more

 

Kit’s coaching style is fun, engaging, and insightful. Professionally, he enjoys speaking and coaching, but his personal life looks more like 25% Crossfit, 25% happy wife happy life, and 50% trying to help his cats get along.

 

SHOW NOTES

* Kit's journey to becoming a public speaking expert

* How do you know when you've made an impact?

* The importance of being able to adapt to the unexpected

* How perfection can become a downfall

* Think about your audience first

* Why all leaders need to develop their speaking skills

* CEO = Chief Explaining Officer

* The difference between persuasion and influence

* How can a leader become more persuasive?

* Charismatic Leadership Tactics

* Listen, listen, listen

* The difference between a good speaker and a great speaker

* Why cats are the most influential animal

 

You can connect with Kit at: www.bostonspeaks.com or https://www.linkedin.com/in/kitpang/

 

You can watch Kit's Tedx talk at: https://youtu.be/OE3nUrTp_KQ

 

Learn more about Charismatic Leadership Tactics: https://hbr.org/2012/06/learning-charisma-2

 

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