Emotional Eloquence is the next step in leadership development for current and high potential future leaders. It is a program that shows leaders how to translate the qualities of emotional intelligence into speeches and presentations that motivate and inspire people to achieve better results.

Leaders who have developed emotional eloquence speak to people’s highest aspirations, thereby gaining emotional buy-in from their customers, employees and direct reports. Emotional eloquence is a quality that underlies powerful presentations. Emotionally eloquent speeches improve morale and inspire confidence in leadership.

Leaders at all levels, but especially executive and director-level leaders, need to know how to inspire and motivate – to be wisdom-sharers. Many of today’s leaders have relinquished their role as motivators and wisdom-sharers in favor of standing behind lecterns and reading speeches that others have written for them. They have surrendered their power.

All too often, mid to high-level leaders make boring PowerPoint presentations. They report on quarterly earnings rather than painting a picture of a hopeful future. In a speech where they should be charting a bold course and inspiring people to follow their lead, they bore people and fail to connect.

As a result of this program, participants will learn:

• How to include motivational messages in every speech
• Why context is as important as content
• How to tell stories that make your message stick
• Advanced audience engagement skills
• How to use imagery and emotion to gain buy-in

1. Engage first; then motivate
2. Emotion is the fast lane to the brain
3. Use metaphors and stories to frame your content
4. Brand your message by weaving a theme
5. Go deep, not wide
6. Close your speech with a message of hope