RESOURCES

Values exercise

The Five Cs model

What’s your go to communication style?

Download Leah's 2020 workplace training flyer

LATEST VIDEOS

How are you?
How are you really?

Tonight on Ask Leah I talk about the importance of kindness at compassion at this incredibly stressful time, and answer two of your questions:

1. How can I empower myself to be a leader when I'm not a leader in title or position?

2. How can I respond to people who gossip and criticise others behind their backs?

Thanks so much for joining me folks and remember, if you have a communication, self-management or soft skill question you'd like answered, send it through and I'll have a crack at it on next week's episode, 8pm Wednesday.

Stay safe and stay sane.

Leah x.

Ask Leah Episode 21 2020

YouTube Video VVVlT2owSF9ic2x5dnNNVHNZVTM4OXZRLjU2QjQ0RjZEMTA1NTdDQzY=

THE ONE THING (2:02)

What’s your one thing?

The one thing you’re going to focus on for the next few weeks to improve your communication and self-management?

Whenever we attend training or set ourselves a goal, it’s easy to get caught up and overwhelmed with all the things we want to change.

The problem when we focus on ‘all the things’? We often end up doing nothing.

I hate that and see my role as helping you shift from knowing to doing.

Skill development works best when we break it down into manageable chunks, and then break it down again into tangible actions.

Start small, pick one thing, tell someone so you're accountable, and then get to work.

#onething #productivity #softskills #skillstacking #goalsetting

Ask Leah Episode 20 2020

YouTube Video VVVlT2owSF9ic2x5dnNNVHNZVTM4OXZRLjI4OUY0QTQ2REYwQTMwRDI=

Schedule your priorities, don't prioritise your schedule (2:07).

#askleah #effectiveness #personalproductivity #communication #softskills

Ask Leah Episode 19 2020

YouTube Video VVVlT2owSF9ic2x5dnNNVHNZVTM4OXZRLjAxNzIwOEZBQTg1MjMzRjk=

Tonight on Ask Leah I answer a question about how to get organised and stop procrastinating over study.

While do share some really practical and specific tips, I also suggest you reflect on some bigger questions, like 'why do I self-sabotage?' and 'what's really going on here?'.

You need to understand what your roadblocks are in order to create a plan for getting past them that will work for you.

If you have any study or organisation tips you'd like to share with Jo-Ann, please pop them in the comments below.

Until next week.

Cheers,
Leah.

#askleah #communication #selfmanagement #leadership

Ask Leah Episode 18 2020

YouTube Video VVVlT2owSF9ic2x5dnNNVHNZVTM4OXZRLjUyMTUyQjQ5NDZDMkY3M0Y=

How can I help someone get to the point without saying "get to the point"?

That's the question Alex asked me to answer on tonight's episode of Ask Leah.

Hit play on the video👇to hear my response.

If you have a communication or soft skill question you'd like answered, send it through and I'll do my best to answer it next week at 8pm Wednesday.

#communication #softskills #leadership #softisthenewhard

Ask Leah Episode 17 2020

YouTube Video VVVlT2owSF9ic2x5dnNNVHNZVTM4OXZRLjA5MDc5NkE3NUQxNTM5MzI=

Get curious, not furious!

That's the advice I gave to a young man accused of being defensive by his boss on this week's episode of Ask Leah.

Have you got a communication or soft skill question you'd like answered?

Send it through and I'll do my best to answer it next week.

#communication #leadership #curiosity #softskills #personaldevelopment

Ask Leah Episode 16 2020

YouTube Video VVVlT2owSF9ic2x5dnNNVHNZVTM4OXZRLjEyRUZCM0IxQzU3REU0RTE=

Watch more videos

Sign up to Leah’s newsletter

Want free soft skill advice, tips and ideas delivered to your inbox every 2-4 weeks? Sign up to my newsletter and receive the introduction to my book Soft is the New Hard: How to Communicate Effectively Under Pressure

Sign up to Leah’s newsletter

Want free soft skill advice and thinking delivered to your inbox every 2-4 weeks? Sign up to my newsletter and receive the introduction to my book Soft is the New Hard: How to Communicate Effectively Under Pressure

Soft is the new hard

How to Communicate Effectively Under Pressure

leah@leahmether.com.au | 0409 938 277

Remove the Roadblocks: How to get out of your own way

We all have roadblocks. Obstacles and challenges that get in our way. What sets us apart is how we deal with them. In fact, the biggest roadblock to success in life is usually ourselves. But while we can hold ourselves back in life, we also have the power to get out of our own way.

In this keynote, Leah shares her raw personal journey to removing roadblocks to success and overcoming challenges, and inspires her audience to do the same.

Audiences will learn:

How to move past excuses and take personal responsibility for your life.
The importance of persistence and resilience.
How to shift from a victim to creator mindset.
Why the comfort zone is crap.
The value of goal setting.
How a healthy mind and body helps.

Suited to: People experiencing challenge or change in the workplace, or those looking for inspiration and strategies to help turn their dreams into reality.

Shut the Hell Up: How to control that little voice

We all have that little voice.

That voice of self-doubt that undermines our success and says things like: “I’m not good enough. I’m not smart enough. I probably won’t get the job anyway. I don’t have enough experience. Who do you think you are?”

It’s one of the biggest things that will hold you back in life.

But it doesn’t have to be that way.

In this keynote, Leah shares her top tips and strategies to help you control your self-doubt.

Audiences learn:

Why self-doubt is normal.
How to get out of your own way.
The role of tall poppy syndrome in Australia’s self-doubt culture.
How to overcome feelings of inadequacy and the dreaded imposter syndrome.
The importance of reframing failure.

Suited to: Those at any level of the workplace wanting to learn strategies to manage self-doubt and build confidence.

The Five Cs: How to Communicate Effectively Under Pressure

Communication is the KING of the so-called “soft” skills that are essential in the modern workplace. Yet most of us have had little or no training in how to communicate effectively, particularly under pressure.

We haven’t been taught the FOUNDATIONS of GREAT communication.

The Five Cs of Effective Communication is complete solution: a step-by-step process that underpins communication and lays the foundations for success.

Learn how combining Choice, Control, Consideration, Courage and Communication can radically improve your effectiveness and help you:

Defuse conflict
Manage yourself under pressure
Work more cohesively with colleagues
Inspire individuals and teams to action
Influence decisions and outcomes
Deliver difficult messages

Suited to: Anyone looking to step up their communication and self-management under pressure. Particularly beneficial for leaders.

Soft is the New Hard: Why soft skills are the key to success

Don’t let the name ‘soft skills’ fool you; soft skills are not easy. Skills like communication, emotional intelligence, resilience, leadership, teamwork, empathy, mindset, problem solving and adaptability.

They’re what make someone good to work with, not simply good at what they do.

Soft skills are often more difficult to master than ‘hard’ job-specific technical skills that require years of formal study or work experience. Yet they are essential to personal and career success.

After many years skewed towards hard skills, there is now a worldwide awakening to the value of soft skills. Why? Because they’re hard to outsource and automate.

According to a report by Deloitte Access Economics titled Soft skill for business success (May 2017), “soft skill-intensive occupations will account for two-thirds of all jobs [in Australia] by 2030, compared to half of all jobs in 2000”.

Soft skills are the new hard and it’s time to get on board.

In this keynote audiences learn:

Why soft is the new hard
How improving your soft skills will supercharge your performance and productivity
The importance of investing in soft skill development for you and your team
How to develop your soft skills (practical strategies for self-management)
How to hire for soft skills

Suited to: Executive and leadership teams, business owners, entrepreneurs and human resource professionals.

E-BOOK AVAILABLE AT:

AMAZON | BOOKTOPIA

AUDIO BOOK AVAILABLE AT: