LINKS IN THIS EPISODE The Smart Passive Income Pro (membership community) https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/pro/ Pat's latest book: Superfans - https://amzn.to/3gtaR2x Pat's course on how to podcast: Power-Up Podcasting https://courses.smartpassiveincome.com/p/power-up-podcasting Microphone Pat recommends - Samsung Q2U https://amzn.to/2VJmMQ3 Smart Passive Income Blog featuring me https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/success-story-kolarele-sonaike/ When Pat interviewed me - https://www.smartpassi...
Dec 08, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 31
LINKS IN THIS EPISODE Watch Kamala Harris' acceptance speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VdwMNexBHc Book in for a coaching session with me here https://www.greatspeech.co/get-started/ In this episode, I assess the acceptance speech of Kamala Harris (7th November 2020) as she becomes the first woman to become Vice President of the United States. This was the first speech by Kamala Harris that I feel has begun to live up to the promise that she has. I don't think she is quite there yet, but...
Nov 18, 2020•53 min•Season 5Ep. 30
LINKS IN THIS EPISODE Dana's Speaking While Female website - https://speakingwhilefemale.co/ Dana's website - https://speakingwhilefemale.biz/ Dana on Twitter @SpeakingWFemale My website - https://www.greatspeech.co/get-started/ Dana Rubin runs the Speaking While Female Consultancy, helping women become recognised experts, brand ambassadors, and rainmakers, and helping companies attract, retain and promote gender-diverse leadership by showcasing the ideas and insights of their female talent. She...
Oct 27, 2020•59 min•Season 5Ep. 29
LINKS IN THIS EPISODE I have a dream speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs&t=4s Book a coaching session with me - https://www.greatspeech.co/get-started/ John Lewis' speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFs1eTsokJg&t=7s What is the greatest speech ever given? Chances are if you asked people that question, they would say the 1963 'I have a dream' speech by Martin Luther King Jnr. But why was this speech so great? In this deep dive episode, I explore the great speech by ...
Oct 12, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 28
Welcome back to The Great Speech Podcast. Returning to my roots with the theme for this season. This season is all about Great Speeches in History. I'm doing a deep analytical dive into some of the greatest speeches ever given to give you my take on its quality, cultural relevance, impact and more. Got a speech you'd like me to analyse? Send in your suggestions @greatspeechco https://twitter.com/greatspeechco I've also bagged me a couple of super interviews so look out for those too. Kolarele p....
Sep 15, 2020•5 min
LINKS IN THIS EPISODE Register to access the full Win at Work Summit - https://www.winatworkwebinar.com/ Work with Simon Gray - https://online.careercodex.com/courses/executive-edge-programme Work with Richard Mann - https://www.mannonamission.uk/ Work with me - https://www.greatspeech.co/book-a-call/ In this final episode of the season, I host an expert panel discussion on how to thrive in your career by making yourself indispensable between myself (Communication Skills), Simon Gray (Executive ...
Aug 05, 2020•1 hr 42 min•Season 4Ep. 27
LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE John Espirian on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnespirian/ John's website - https://espirian.co.uk/ John's book - https://espirian.co.uk/book/ John's LinkedIn guides - https://espirian.co.uk/linkedin Coaching with me - https://www.greatspeech.co/communication-superskills-programme/ REVIEW SHOUT OUTS - thanks to Xeen17 and Qbthatsme for the great review on Apple podcast. IN THIS EPISODE... LinkedIn is my personal platform of choice, but my approach is pretty haph...
Jul 21, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 26
LINKS IN THIS EPISODE Paul Brunson's website https://www.paulcbrunson.com/better/ Paul on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/paulcbrunson/ Paul on Twitter https://twitter.com/paulcbrunson Paul on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulcbrunson/ Paul's free book https://www.paulcbrunson.com/57ways/ Coaching with Kolarele https://www.greatspeech.co/book-a-call/ Paul Brunson and I were originally scheduled to speak about how to build your personal brand (with a little bit about communicating on ...
Jun 23, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 25
Here is a poem I wrote as a younger man. Still feels relevant today. DEFIANCE To you, old man, yes you, old man On the bus with your book And your cold contemptuous look. I’m younger than you I’m stronger than you I’m bigger than you I’m longer than you. I’m taller than you I’m broader than you I’m deeper than you I’m further than you. I’m sharper than you I’m harder than you I’m quicker than you I’m smarter than you. I’m wealthier than you I’m healthier than you I’m slicker than you, and I’m se...
Jun 11, 2020•10 min•Season 4Ep. 24
LINKS IN THIS EPISODE Caroline Goyder's website - https://www.carolinegoyder.com/ Her new book 'Find your voice' - https://amzn.to/3d6z3oB Her other book that I love on Gravitas - https://amzn.to/36xFuPj Find Caroline on Twitter @carolinegoyder You can book a free 1-2-1 Communication Skills strategy session with me here https://www.greatspeech.co/book-a-call/ Here is a link to the late great Denise Graveline's index of great speeches by women http://eloquentwoman.blogspot.com/p/the-eloquent-woma...
May 27, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 23
Grab your free 1-2-1 communication skills coaching session with me here https://www.greatspeech.co/book-a-call/ In this episode I want to talk about a very discreet topic, which is how to get people to listen to you when you speak. How do you make people pay attention to you rather than drifting off and daydreaming. The answer is simple (but that doesn't mean it's easy to achieve). My answer includes a reference to 'X Factor' and the Oprah Winfrey show. Remember to SSS (subscribe; share; say wha...
May 12, 2020•21 min•Season 4Ep. 22
LINKS IN THIS EPISODE https://www.greatspeech.co/book-a-call/ - book a free 1 hour deep dive coaching session with me...if you dare! Welcome back to Season 4 of the Great Speech Podcast. Let's call it the lockdown season cos it looks like we could be shut off from each other for a while longer. I hope you are keeping safe and well. My promise to you for this season is to really go for it. What do I mean by that? It means I'm going to be more verbal and forthright in my opinions. I usually priori...
Apr 28, 2020•8 min•Season 4Ep. 22
LINKS IN THIS EPISODE www.yman.org - Torie's website - https://www.yman.org/ https://amzn.to/2yaWZrv - Torie's Book on Critical Mentoring @tweiston on Twitter - https://twitter.com/TWeiston @tweiston on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tweiston/ Torie Weiston-Serdan on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/tweiston Book a Free Communication Skills Coaching Call with me - https://www.greatspeech.co/book-a-call/ If you have children and you are on lockdown, you'll enjoy this episode with Dr Tor...
Mar 26, 2020•52 min•Season 3Ep. 21
LINKS IN THIS EPISODE The Successful Speaker Book - https://amzn.to/39CHHtr Grant's website - https://thespeakerlab.com/ The Booked and Paid to Speak Programme - https://thespeakerlab.com/store/ Connect with Grant on IG (@gbaldwin) and Twitter @grantbaldwin If you want communication skills coaching with me, head over to https://www.greatspeech.co/coaching/ How do you build a speaking career? How can you get booked and paid to speak on stage? What if you feel you have nothing, in particular, to s...
Mar 10, 2020•56 min•Season 3Ep. 20
How does a leader communicate effectively? This is the question I explore with my guest this week, David McQueen. David has had an incredibly varied background. He's been an accountant, a counsellor, a stand up comic, a public speaker and an executive coach. He has delivered training for a wide range of companies, including the BBC, Bloomberg, Google, HSBC, Deliveroo, Sky, Uber and others. In this episode, David shares his thoughts on things like what he didn't like about Steve Jobs' leadership ...
Feb 19, 2020•51 min•Season 3Ep. 19
Trump or Obama? Blair or Thatcher? Boris or...well there's no one quite like Boris. In today's episode we are comparing UK Prime Ministers and US Presidents to decide who is the greatest communicator of all time...or more accurately of my own life-time. Do you agree with this order? You can read my list here too https://www.greatspeech.co/presidents-and-prime-ministers/ Let me know what you think....
Feb 05, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Welcome back to Season 3 of the Great Speech Podcast. Happy New Year and Decade to you for 2020. Hope your resolutions are bringing you results you desire. Some great interviews coming up. I'll be doing a new 'vs' series where I compare two people or two approaches side by side to declare a winner. (Let's see how that one works out). Find me at https://www.greatspeech.co/ Subscribe - click the button Share - tell someone else about this podcast Say what you think - do a review...
Jan 28, 2020•6 min
LINKS IN THIS EPISODE Find Yasmine at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jasmineelbaz Yasmine's TedX Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhHGurMTK-s When you are ready to start working on your communication skills, you might like this FREE workshop: 5 Communication SuperSkills that will change your career if you use them (and stall your career if you don't - https://www.greatspeech.co/workshop/ Preparation is 90% of success! Yasmine and I were in complete agreement on this point and her approach to how...
Dec 17, 2019•47 min•Season 2Ep. 17
If you ever have or ever will look for a job, this is the episode for you. Simon Gray is the founder of Career Codex and the writer of the Super Secrets for Job Seekers Series and in this episode we explore not only how to find the job you want, but how to actually land the job you want in a hyper-competitive market (rather than missing out or just settling for what the recruiters tell you). Listen out for Simon's thoughts on why your CV doesn't need a personal statement, what to say when they a...
Dec 03, 2019•51 min•Season 2Ep. 16
LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE Read about how to win your next argument here https://www.greatspeech.co/win-arguments/ My free webinar: How to become an outstanding public speaker even if you are not a natural performer (and without getting overwhelmed by fear) https://www.greatspeech.co/webinar/ How to win arguments: Let's face it. Everyone argues. Unless you are a saint, you're gonna have beef! Of course, our desire should always be to work things out respectfully and give ground gracefully, but if yo...
Nov 14, 2019•31 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Links to check out Lucille's award-winning blog - https://lucilleossai.com/blog/ Lucille's main website - https://www.lucilleossai.com/ Find Lucille on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucilleossaicommunicationspro/ Also check out my webinar: How to become an outstanding public speaker even if you are not a natural performer and without being overwhelmed by fear - https://www.greatspeech.co/webinar/ This week's episode I've always been intrigued by the difference between written communicat...
Oct 22, 2019•44 min•Season 2Ep. 14
You know I love my webinars. So what's better than getting the CEO of WebinarNinja on for an awesome interview, in which I pick his brains about all things webinar. Omar Zenhom is an understated guy and for me that enhances his credibility as a communicator and a leader. He has built WebinarNinja with his team without any outside funding, whilst at the same time hosting the $100MBA Podcast (which has been voted #1 on iTunes and has had over 90m downloads). In this episode, Omar explores why webi...
Oct 15, 2019•44 min•Season 2Ep. 13
If you were a God able to impose your will on your people, how would you get them to communicate with each other? That was the premise I started with on this Season 2 opener and it led to what I call the 10 Commandments of Effective Communication. These are 10 principles of effective communication that I believe will transform your impact as a communicator. If you need to be able to connect and persuade (whether at work, in leadership, in politics etc) then you have to find a way to communicate ...
Oct 01, 2019•36 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Last show of Season 1 and I'm back with another interview, this time with the co-hosts of a great radio show ' Five in the Eye' . Follow them on twitter @5intheeye . Michael & Phil have done over 200 shows on Colourful Radio and they're still going strong. Catch them every Friday between 9am - 10am. Michael Ohajuru is a semi-retired former sales exec in the mobile communications industry, who now delivers incredible talks on the black African presence in Renaissance Europe. Phil Woodford run...
Jul 30, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Click to tweet me your score https://ctt.ac/rpdUZ and get a free e-copy of my book "How to Give a Great Speech" You should also check out my new webinar: How to become an outstanding public speaker even if you are not a natural performer (and without being overwhelmed by fear) https://www.greatspeech.co/webinar/ In this episode... What do you know about communication? Try out my 10 Question Quiz (I'm told it's tougher than it sounds). The only rule is No Cheating! Just take the quiz and see how ...
Jul 09, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Stop making these mistakes. That goes for me too! This episode is all about the seven deadly sins of public speaking. These are the public speaking mistakes that we all make with our speeches and presentations that hold us back from becoming speechmaking rockstars. We’ll go through those seven sins one by one, talking about what the mistake represents, its impact, and how to avoid it. As always you can read more on the subject on my blog post - https://www.greatspeech.co/7-deadly-sins-public-spe...
Jun 25, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 9
When you are ready to start working on your communication skills, you might like this FREE workshop: 5 Communication SuperSkills that will change your career if you use them (and stall your career if you don't - https://www.greatspeech.co/workshop/ Woohoo! My first podcast interview and how awesome to be joined by human behaviour and body language expert, Mark Bowden http://bit.ly/winningkeynote . Mark is human behaviour and body language expert. He is the founder of Truthplane , a communication...
Jun 04, 2019•41 min•Season 1Ep. 8
If you're anything like me, the speech part is fine, it's the questions at the end that's the tricky part. So, how do you handle questions? How do you deal with difficult questions? What approach should you take to hostile questioners and what do you do when you don't know the answer to the question? That's what we're covering in this week's episode. Read more on the topic here https://www.greatspeech.co/how-to-deal-with-questions/ And if you're ready to improve your own presentation skills, you...
May 21, 2019•37 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Are you funny? Don't beat yourself up if you're not. Humour is definitely the hardest thing to get right. In this episode, we explore what it means to be funny and how effective humour can be for public speaking. We'll talk about the mechanics of a good joke and what mistakes to avoid when trying to be funny in a speech. I'll even reveal the world's funniest joke...apparently! Read up on the topic here https://www.greatspeech.co/funny-speech/ and download my free checklist: 12 Dos & Don'ts o...
May 07, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 6
What's going on in the world? Where did all the good leaders go? Is it just me or are we currently suffering through a period of desperately poor leadership? In this episode, we explore the question of what makes a bad leader. What are the fundamental flaws that bad leaders tend to display? How can we be sure to avoid them? Read the article that goes with it on bad leadership https://www.greatspeech.co/bad-leadership/ Download the Free Leadership Cheat Sheet https://kolarele.lpages.co/leadbox/14...
Apr 23, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 5
