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Laura Sicola Leadership Communication & Influence Expert, Speaker, Author, Podcaster

Dr. Laura Sicola is a leadership communication and influence expert, speaker, author of Speaking to Influence: Mastering Your Leadership Voice, and host of the podcast, Speaking to Influence: Communication Secrets of the C-Suite. Her mission is to transform executives into confident, inspiring leaders whether live or virtually in order to get the results they want and turn their vision into their legacy. As the founder of Vocal Impact Productions, she has trained and coached executives at Comcast, IBM, the US Department of Commerce and Women Against Abuse along with politicians, business owners and non-profit leaders from around the world.

Laura’s TEDx talk, “Want to Sound Like a Leader? Start by Saying Your Name Right,” has nearly 7 million views, and she has been featured on programs such as Fox & Friends First, NBC10 @Issue and PHL 17. She has also spoken to thousands at conferences such as the Professional BusinessWomen of California Conference and the PA Conference for Women.

Laura received her PhD in educational linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania, where she also taught from 2001-2013.

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Anu Muralidharan Of Expensify: A Human ‘Swiss-Army Knife’ &Raquo; Image
Anu Muralidharan of Expensify: A Human ‘Swiss-Army Knife’

This week on ‘Speaking to Influence,’ Dr. Laura is joined by COO of Expensify, Anu Muralidharan, where Anu shares how she was able to build momentum in her company by having everyone identify thei…

This week on ‘Spea…

This week on ‘Speaking to Influence,’ Dr. Laura is joined by COO of Expensify, Anu Muralidharan, where Anu shares how she was able to build momentum in her company by having everyone identify their own unique value, and how it mattered in getting the company to their goal. In this episode you will learn: How a COO is like a Swiss Army knife The importance of acknowledging and addressing self-doubt and inner critics, and how Anu sharing her own experience helped a coworker overcome her own fears and take on a challenging task. About how Anu delivered a company all-hands presentation, …

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Episode 185: Anu Muralidharan, COO of Expensify

This week on ‘Speaking to Influence,’ Dr. Laura is joined by COO of Expensify, Anu Muralidharan, where Anu shares how she was able to build momentum in her company by having everyone identify thei…

This week on ‘Spea…

This week on ‘Speaking to Influence,’ Dr. Laura is joined by COO of Expensify, Anu Muralidharan, where Anu shares how she was able to build momentum in her company by having everyone identify their own unique value, and how it mattered in getting the company to their goal. In this episode you will learn: ● How a COO is like a Swiss Army knife ● The importance of acknowledging and addressing self-doubt and inner critics, and how Anu sharing her own experience helped a coworker overcome her own fears and take on a challenging task. ● About how Anu delivered a company all-hands prese…

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Paul Comfort Of Modaxo &Amp; Transit Unplugged: Leadership Triumphs In Transportation: Navigating Crisis, Building Respect, And Fostering Passion &Raquo; Image 5
Paul Comfort of Modaxo & Transit Unplugged: Leadership Triumphs in Transportation: Navigating Crisis, Building Respect, and Fostering Passion

We welcome Paul Comfort of Modaxo and Transit Unplugged to this week’s episode of Speaking to Influence where he shares stories from his experiences running some of the world’s largest transportat…

We welcome Paul Comf…

We welcome Paul Comfort of Modaxo and Transit Unplugged to this week’s episode of Speaking to Influence where he shares stories from his experiences running some of the world’s largest transportation and transportation technology organizations through potential powder-keg situations and refocused on new ‘north stars’ of safety, efficiency, reliability, and world-class customer service.   In this episode you will learn: How Paul, the newly appointed head of the Maryland Transit Administration, faced a crisis during the Baltimore riots, took immediate action, implemented new standa…

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Episode 184: Paul Comfort, Senior Vp Of Modaxo &Raquo; Hqdefault 457
Episode 184: Paul Comfort, Senior VP of Modaxo

For more books, online programs and other materials produced by Dr. Laura Sicola and Vocal Impact Productions, go to: https://vocalimpactproductions.com/vipshop/ For more information go to https:/…

For more books, onli…

For more books, online programs and other materials produced by Dr. Laura Sicola and Vocal Impact Productions, go to: https://vocalimpactproductions.com/vipshop/ For more information go to https://vocalimpactproductions.com or https://speakingtoinfluence.com #management #podcast #communication #Leadership #executivepresence #publicspeaking #persuasion #influence #confidence

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Melissa Schoger Of Avery Dennison: &Quot;Navigating Mixed Messages: A Finance Vp'S Journey To Clarity And Collaboration&Quot; &Raquo; Image 3
Melissa Schoger of Avery Dennison: "Navigating Mixed Messages: A Finance VP's Journey to Clarity and Collaboration"

On this week’s episode, Melissa Schoger, Vice President of Finance for Identification Solutions and Vestcom at Avery Dennison talks with Laura about how she helped teams overcome an instance of mixe…

On this week’s epi…

On this week’s episode, Melissa Schoger, Vice President of Finance for Identification Solutions and Vestcom at Avery Dennison talks with Laura about how she helped teams overcome an instance of mixed messaging to achieve mutual understanding. In this episode you will learn: How Melissa made sure the integrity of a message remained intact after witnessing how different leaders in a meeting had varying takeaways How she learned to take the time to listen to team members on the ground, rather than assume she knew best from a top-down perspective as their General Manager. How she handled h…

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