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Connie Dieken is the founder of The Dieken Group—an executive coaching and consulting firm that specializes in influential leadership and presence in the spotlight. She’s also the founder of Influence 360°, an assessment that measures an individual’s personal influence pattern and guides them on how to influence in even the toughest conditions.
Connie Dieken’s developed her unique skills during 20 years as a TV journalist for ABC and NBC. She received five Emmy Awards®, two Telly Awards®and was inducted into the Radio/Television Broadcasters Hall of Fame®. Connie Dieken is also a top-selling author. Both her books, Talk Less, Say More and Become the Real Deal, hit #1 on the Amazon bestseller list. The audio version of Talk Less, Say More, narrated by Connie Dieken, also reached #1 on Audible’s bestseller list.
A renowned keynote speaker, Connie Dieken has delivered speeches on four continents to audiences in the thousands. She talks about how to develop leadership influence and presence that lasts.
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This highly engaging session is based on Connie’s latest bestselling book, “Become The Real Deal: The Proven Path to Influence and Executive Presence."Connie brings an urgent message of how to gain gravitas in today's demanding, judgmental, attention-deficit world. Her decade-longPresence Project research study has uncovered startling disparities between the way we want to be known and the way we are known. In this uniquely interactive session, Connie pinpoints the three most crucial presenceproblems that undermine our power–issues we're often oblivious to that zap our ability to be–andbeseen as–the real deal. Your attendees will experience a powerfulah-hamoment as one of the world'stop executive coaches guides them to identify their presenceproblem, and frees them to transform intothe powerfully influential leaders they're meant to be.
Audiences will learn:
•How to discover their own Centers of Influence and how tocapitalize on them tobecome the powerful, purposeful authority they are meant to be.
•How they can override personal influence-killing tendencies, such as narcissism, anxiety,long-windedness, silence, social facades and invisibility.
•How to uncover the strengths and skills they need to gain influence and lead theirorganization to success
Are distracted, impatient people tuning you out before you can make your point? In this program, you’ll learn to bring your A-game to interpersonal communication. Your audience will walk away with three powerful habits to help you connect with anyone, convey information clearly, and convince anyone to take action.
Attendees will discover how to:
•CONNECT with anyone to instantly capture their undivided attention
•CONVEY and nail information without overloading or confusing
•CONVINCE anyone to take the action you want and feel good about it
Are distracted, impatient people tuning you out before you can make your point? In this program, you’ll learn to bring your A-game to interpersonal communication. Your audience will walk away with three powerful habits to help you connect with anyone, convey information clearly, and convince anyone to take action.
Attendees will discover how to:
•CONNECT with anyone to instantly capture their undivided attention
•CONVEY and nail information without overloading or confusing
•CONVINCE anyone to take the action you want and feel good about it
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