Podcast: business communication

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Unleashed Essentials

We’ve collected a set of top episodes that we most frequently recommend to answer the most common questions on getting started as an independent consultant. If you are new to Unleashed, start with these.

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John Driscoll, President U.S. Healthcare at Walgreens and Host of CareTalk

John Driscoll

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The Current State of the Consulting Job Market

Chad Oakley

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Generating Referrals from Your Existing Network 

Evan Polin

Episode 499. John Livesay, The Pitch Whisperer

John Livesay is the pitch whisperer – he helps people calm down and deliver a winning pitch. He believes that the best way to win more sales is to tell a story that includes your own personal story, a company story, and then turning a case study into a case story. He was approached by

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Episode 494. Raffi Grinberg, Adulting 101

Raffi Grinberg is the Executive Director of Dialog and an educator. He also created and taught the course Adulting 101 at Boston College (the most popular course in the undergraduate business school). The course covered personal finance, relationships/communication, positive psychology, and career skills. In this episode, he talks about developing this program and why it

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Decoding What Clients Want

Celine Teoh is an executive coach who helps senior leaders convert potential into performance by making the soft skills practical. She is a certified Tiny Habits Coach with Stanford’s Behavior Design Lab, and a facilitator for Stanford Business School’s popular Interpersonal Dynamics course. She is also an ex-McKinsey consultant, business operator, marketing strategist, and investment

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Episode 451: Michael Katz on Business Newsletter Best Practices

Michael Katz is the author of four books, an award-winning humorist, and the founder of Blue Penguin, a company that helps professional service firms and solos talk and write about their work in a clear and compelling way. He has an MBA from Boston University and a BA in Psychology from McGill University in Montreal.

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Episode 394: Rules for Communication

  Drew Kerr is the founder and president of Four Corners Communications, a company that provides pro-active strategic communications and coaching for digital media companies, high-growth startups, and consumer research firms. In this episode, he shares five key communication rules. Drew can be reached through his LinkedIn or website www.four-corners.com. Key points include: 03:52: The

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Episode 378: Pronouncing Your Name

  In this short 2-minute episode, I share a LinkedIn trick that you can use to show people how to pronounce your name.  

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Episode 377: Connection Requests

In today’s short episode, I share a few tips on sending connection requests on LinkedIn.

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Episode 373: Collecting Fees

  Lessons learned from collecting payment on over 1,500 invoices: 1. What to include in the contract 2. Questions to ask after the contract is signed 3. What to include on your invoice 4. How to follow up after sending your invoice  

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Episode 371: Your Email Name

There are a few reasons why you should check how your email name appears to others, and in this short in-between-isode, I explain how it should be done in G Suite and Microsoft.

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Episode 354: Corporate Storytelling

Philipp Humm is a storytelling coach who teaches how to apply the fundamentals of storytelling to sales, marketing, management, and connecting with your business audience.

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