How To Become a Successful Speaking Coach with Chris Graham
The Road to Seven
English - January 10, 2023 05:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCareers Business coaching business development female entrepreneurs Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
“Let’s just try it and see if it works — and if people are into it, then we’ll keep doing more of THAT.”
- Chris Graham
Throughout his career, Chris Graham worked at one the world’s top banking law firms and one of Canada’s top Indigenous rights law firms — before leaving the legal profession to launch his own business as a speaking coach. Since then, he has taught over 8,000 people how to create better connections with their teams and clients through his TellPeople brand. As a matter of fact, he helped me get onto the TEDx stage!
Tune in to hear about how Chris handles the challenges and lows of entrepreneurship, the biggest question he asks potential clients during discovery calls, and why he is the “most retired” person I’ve had on the podcast!
In this episode of the Road to Seven podcast, you’ll discover:
Why the most important thing you can do on stage is to detach from the outcome of your performace The importance of knowing your lane and your most powerful opportunities for creating impact Why you need to learn how to say No as you become more successfulAbout Guest: Chris Graham teaches lawyers and other professionals how to connect with their clients and teams. Since 2016, he’s trained over 8,000 people at North America’s leading law firms, large and small companies, government agencies, and charities. In 2022, he was Head of Speaker Coaching at TEDxToronto and the Storyteller-in-Residence at Manifest Climate, a global technology firm.
Highlights:
00:01 Intro
04:11 Meet Chris Graham
05:44 “Consolidating the markup”
07:25 Getting his first client
10:51 Being persistent & discovering his value
12:33 Selling in integrity
16:40 Learning how to say no
17:38 Chris’s workshops & process
20:13 Handling challenges
21:51 Detaching from outcomes
25:01 Onboarding question
25:47 Key turning points
30:37 What he knows now
34:40 What’s next
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https://ca.linkedin.com/in/chris-graham-a94b97b7
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