Are you expressing your full potential? Can you present your ideas with charisma and flair?

Excellent public speaking skills will bring you more money, more respect, and more chances at advancement.

Whether you’re a seasoned pro or new to public speaking, Laura’s programs offer fresh and exciting information to help you achieve peak performance. Laura has a multitude of techniques (from her M.A in Theatre and over 15 years of working with performers) to help speakers master the emotional, physical, and psychological challenges of public speaking.

Laura’s extensive experience as a performer and director help her analyze and fine-tune a wide range of non-verbal behaviors including: posture, inflection, articulation, projection, gesture and many others. Laura’s work as a professor and communications consultant has honed her skills organizing and evaluating speech content.

“Emotional intelligence may be the best predictor of success in life."
Time Magazine

Leaders or team members who are weak in Emotional Intelligence (EI) may rely on intellectual analysis for problem solving and miss important nuances. They are often confused about what drives them and surprised by the reactions of others.

Without EI we may be unaware of how our feelings are spreading to others and driving performance up or down.

EI topics and benefits to the workplace:

• Developing Emotional Literacy can increase productivity.
• Recognizing emotional patterns can lead to better communication and less conflict.
• Learning techniques of “consequential thinking” can help develop leaders and teams.
• Brain science and research into the “reaction cycle” can help us navigate emotions.
• EI can offer insight into our deepest sources of motivation.
• Training in optimism can help workers be healthier, better problem-solvers, and more productive.
• Developing empathy can produce a happier and more productive workplace.

• Assertiveness in the Workplace: A Vital Skill
• Can't we all just get along? Developing Empathy.
• Conflict Resolution.
• Dealing with Difficult Customers
• Emotional Intelligence and the Work of Changing Ourselves.
• Emotional Literacy - Learning to be Smart with Feelings.
• Engaging others, Engaging Ourselves: Factors in Motivation.
• How Can I Serve? Discovering Your Noble Goal.
• Proposals and Presentations:Getting the Edge and Making the Sale.
  
• Split in Two? Discover the Power of your Paradox.
• Stretching the Brain with Improvisation.
• The Advantages of Optimism—Change your thinking and win at work, love, and health!
• The Golden Rule – Treating each other as a valued customer.
• What Pushes Your Emotional Buttons?
• Where Does the Time Go??? Principles in Time Management.