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Improving your COMMUNICATION SKILLS can help you get noticed and get promoted! Dr. Andrea Wojnicki is a Harvard-educated communication coach whose research focuses on interpersonal communication and consumer psychology. Through the TALK ABOUT TALK podcast, Andrea and her guests share advice on how to elevate your communication skills. Learn about: • overcoming IMPOSTER SYNDROME & communicating with CONFIDENCE • PERSONAL BRANDING • communication skills for LEADERS • STORYTELLING • LISTENING skills • how to INTRODUCE YOURSELF and more! Subscribe to the Talk About Talk podcast and sign up for the weekly communication coaching newsletter.

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    Talk EXTREMES – Remaking the Space Between Us with Dr. Diana McLain Smith (ep.176)

    Extreme opinion seems to be the norm.  How many times have you consciously avoided a conversation about social or political views? “Remaking the Space Between Us” author Dr. Diana McLain Smith shares her insights with Andrea about how to start the conversation in an environment when toxic polarization is standard.   DIANA SMITH Book: “Remaking the Space Between Us: How Citizens Can Work Together to Build a Better Future For Us All“ – https://amzn.to/4hIM1uw Article: Diana Smith & Amy Edmondson “Too Hot to Handle: How to Manage Relationship Conflict”. California Management Review – https://www.iths.org/wp-content/uploads/Too-Hot-to-Handle.pdf University of Toronto Rotman magazine – https://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-and-ideas/rotman-management-magazine/back-issues/2008/fall-2008—the-future-of-capital-/ Diana’s 3 Recos: Podcast: “The Bullwark”, Sarah Longwell – https://podcast.thebulwark.com/hosts/sarah-longwell Book: “And There was Light” John Meacham – https://amzn.to/3YIImnR Documentary. “I Am Not Your Negro” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5804038/ DIANA SMITH’S RECOMMENDED RESOURCES: “Ask: Tap Into the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You for Unexpected Breakthroughs In Leadership and Life” Jeff -Wetzler – https://amzn.to/3CnOGtu Sharon Says So (Instagram) – https://www.instagram.com/sharonsaysso/?hl=en Solutions Journalism Network – https://www.solutionsjournalism.org/ Reuters – https://www.reuters.com/ More in Common – https://www.moreincommon.com/ Listen First Project – https://www.listenfirstproject.org/ One Small Step – https://onesmallstep.com/ Starts With Us – https://startswith.us/ CONNECT WITH ANDREA & TALK ABOUT TALK * Website: TalkAboutTalk.com Communication Coaching Newsletter:  https://talkabouttalk.com/newsletter LinkedIn Andrea: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreawojnicki/ LinkedIn TalkAboutTalk: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talkabouttalk/ YouTube Channel: @talkabouttalkyoutube   TRANSCRIPT Meet Dr. Diana McLain Smith. I’ve interviewed a lot of high IQ folks here at the talk about talk podcast. But I have to say, Diana is off the charts. I met Diana when Amy Edmondson recommended that I read Diana’s book, entitled “Re-Making the Space Between Us.” This book is chalk full of relevant history, more current stories, and incredible insight.  In the next 45 minutes, you’re going to hear my conversation with Diana Smith, and my summary of what we can do to help us re-make the space between us.

    58 min

  2. 12 NOV

    PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY & FAILING WELL with Harvard Business School Professor Amy Edmondson (ep.175)

    Harvard Professor Amy Edmondson talks with Andrea about the significance of accountability in a psychologically safe workplace. Learn about the important difference between disappointment vs regret and between mistakes vs failures. Amy shares insights from her new book, “The Right Kind of Wrong,” including the three types of failure, and the one we should be striving for!       BOOKS & ARTICLES MENTIONED * Amy Edmondson – “The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth” – https://amzn.to/4dYjz4R * Amy Edmondson – “Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well” –  https://amzn.to/4eGjOTc * Daniel Kahneman – “Thinking Fast & Slow” – https://amzn.to/3UmQMjv * Adam Grant (NYTimes) – “Women Know Exactly What They’re Doing When They Use “Weak Language” – https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/opinion/women-language-work.html * Samuel Culbert – “Get Rid of the Performance Review!: How Companies Can Stop Intimidating, Start Managing–and Focus on What Really Matters“ – https://amzn.to/40glY7x   CONNECT WITH ANDREA & TALK ABOUT TALK * Website: TalkAboutTalk.com Communication Coaching Newsletter:  https://talkabouttalk.com/newsletter LinkedIn Andrea: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreawojnicki/ LinkedIn TalkAboutTalk: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talkabouttalk/ YouTube Channel: @talkabouttalkyoutube   TRANSCRIPT Yes, we all have work to do. In the next 45 minutes, you’re going to learn directly from Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson, a pioneer in psychological safety and failing well. Wait – isn’t that an oxymoron? “Failing Well”? Not necessarily. I cant wait for you to hear my conversation with Amy Welcome to Talk about Talk podcast episode #175 “Psychological Safety and failing well with professor Amy Edmondson.” My name is Dr. Andrea Wojnicki and I’m an executive communication coach. Please just call me Andrea. Through my work at Talk about Talk, I coach ambitious executives to elevate their communication skills so they can communicate with confidence and credibility. To learn more about what I do, head over to talkabouttalk.com where you can read about the coaching and the workshops that I run. Plus there are lots of free resources for you, including the brand new archetypes quiz, where you can learn which archetype resonates with you and your professional identity. You can also free coaching from me by signing up for my free email newsletter. Head over to talkabouttalk.com to sign up now. OK,Let’s get into this. Years ago, I had the privilege of taking Professor Amy Edmondson’s doctoral course called “Field Research Methods” at Harvard Business School. Fast forward to today. Many years later, I regularly coach executives – and medical and health care professionals, as youll hear, whether through 1:1 coaching sessions or corporate workshops, on some of the phenomena that Amy taught me, and some of the concepts that she pioneered, including psychological safety. Recently, Amy published a new book called “Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing well”. After reading the book,

    48 min

  3. 29 OCT

    Boost Your SELF-AWARENESS with Dr. Tasha Eurich (ep.174)

    How to boost your self-awareness with Dr. Tasha Eurich.  Tasha and Andrea talk about how self-awareness can improve your communication, relationships, confidence, promotability, influence, empathy, leadership, and more. Dr. TASHA EURICH Books: Insight – https://amzn.to/42LqCIi Shatterproof (2025) – https://amzn.to/3ZLzXlM Insight Quiz: https://www.insight-book.com/quiz Tasha’s book recommendation: “Wonder Hell” by Laura Gassner Otting – https://amzn.to/3Nc4BNt   CONNECT WITH ANDREA & TALK ABOUT TALK * Website: TalkAboutTalk.com Communication Coaching Newsletter:  https://talkabouttalk.com/newsletter LinkedIn Andrea: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreawojnicki/ LinkedIn TalkAboutTalk: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talkabouttalk/ YouTube Channel: @talkabouttalkyoutube   TRANSCRIPT Are YOU a self-awareness unicorn? That RARE person with exceptionally high internal and external self awareness? Probably not. But according to self-awareness expert Dr.Tasha Eurich, just by learning some of the tools and approaches you’ll hear in the next 45 minutes, you’re way ahead of the pack. One step closer to unicorn status. Let’s do this! Welcome to Talk about Talk podcast episode #174 “Boost your Self-awareness with Dr.Tasha Eurich.” I’m so excited for you to meet Tasha. I read her book called INSIGHT a few years ago after it was recommended by Adam Grant. The full title is Insight: The Surprising Truth About How Others See Us, How We See Ourselves, and Why the Answers Matter More Than We Think. It immediately became one of my favorites, a book with research that I reference all the time, and a book that I often recommend to my coaching clients. So I was very excited to book this interview. When the time finally came and we logged into the interview, we both stopped and stared at the screen. I’m sure my jaw dropped. Tasha was sitting in front of her beautiful horizontal bookcase, all sorted by color. Like a beautiful rainbow of books, including the turquoise book jacket cover of her book INSIGHT. Some of you might know that I am also obsessed with color, particularly turquoise. So there I was, in front of my vertical bookshelf, each shelf coded by colour – black then red then turquoise, then yellow, and so on. WOW. Even if you’re not obsessed with colour, our screens were a sight to be seen. You could say we had an instant connection. Speaking of connection – In case we haven’t met, my name is Dr. Andrea Wojnicki and I’m your executive communication coach. Please just call me Andrea. I coach executives like you to improve your communication skills so you can communicate with confidence, establish credibility, and ultimately achieve your career goals. To learn more about what I do, head over to talkabouttalk.com and you can read about the coaching and workshops I run. Plus there are lots of free resources for you at the bottom of the talkabouttalk.com homepage. You can also sign up for my email newsletter, where you’ll get free coaching from me in your inbox. Head over to talkabouttalk.com to sign up now. Alright, let’s shift gears. In this episode, you’re going to learn a helpful definition of self-awareness,

    48 min

  4. 15 OCT

    Under the Influence with Storyteller Terry O’Reilly ep.173

    How to become an epic storyteller with “Under the Influence” podcast host Terry O’Reilly. Terry and Andrea talk storytelling, elevator pitches, and peeling the onion to identify what business you’re really in. TERRY O’REILLY * Podcast ”Under the Influence” – https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/under-the-influence-with-terry-oreilly/id493536367 * Book – My Best Mistake (2023) – https://amzn.to/3zroPQe * Book – This I Know: Marketing Lessons from Under the Influence (2018) – https://amzn.to/3TzNbOm * Book – The Age of Persuasion: How Marketing Ate Our Culture (2011) – https://amzn.to/4ewW9Et * Website – https://terryoreilly.ca/ * Terry’s recommendations: * “The Plot Thickens” podcast * The Score: Bank Robber Diaries podcast CONNECT WITH ANDREA & TALK ABOUT TALK * Website: TalkAboutTalk.com Communication Coaching Newsletter:  https://talkabouttalk.com/newsletter LinkedIn Andrea: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreawojnicki/ LinkedIn TalkAboutTalk: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talkabouttalk/ YouTube Channel: @talkabouttalkyoutube TRANSCRIPT That fabulous voice belongs to Terry O’Reilly host of the popular “Under The Influence” podcast. I’ve been listening to “Under The Influence” for years, and I’ve always enjoyed Terry‘s sense of humor, and his skill as an exceptional storyteller. I knew we were both Canadian and we’re both podcasters.  I had no idea he’s also a huge fan of the power of three.  Did you hear what he said?  Bingo, Bango Bongo. Let’s do this! Welcome to Talk about Talk podcast episode #173 “Under the Influence with storyteller Terry O’Reilly”. In this episode, you’re gonna learn the ingredients necessary to create compelling stories, how and why to “peel back the onion” and think hard about what business you’re really in, and so much more. In case we haven’t met, my name is Dr. Andrea Wojnicki and I’m your executive communication coach. Please just call me Andrea. I coach executives like you to improve your communication skills so you can communicate with confidence and clarity, establish credibility, and ultimately achieve your career goals. Sound good? To learn more about me and what I do, head over to talkabouttalk.com and you can read about the coaching and workshops that I run.  Plus there are a bunch of free resources for you at the bottom of the takaboutalk.com homepage. You can also sign up for the Talk About Talk email newsletter, where you’ll get free coaching from me in your inbox. Head over to talkabouttalk,com to sign up now.  Alright, Let’s shift gears. I can’t wait for you to hear my conversation with Terry O’Reilly. If you’ve ever heard his Under the Influence podcast, you know he is like an encyclopedia of stories and insights.  As you’re about to hear, he’s the same in real-time, without a script.  He’s also very gracious. Let me introduce Terry, then we’ll get right into the interview. At the end, as always, I’m going to summarize with three learnings that I want to ...

    46 min

  5. 1 OCT

    Building Your Personal Brand with Harvard Business School Professor Jill Avery (ep.172)

    Building your personal brand is about identifying and communicating your points of difference.  Harvard Business School Professor Jill Avery joins Andrea to talk about why personal branding is so important and why many people hesitate or reject this whole premise of personal branding. TAKE THE PERSONAL BRAND SELF-ASSESSMENT * https://www.talkabouttalk.com/personalbrand   RESOURCES * “A New Approach to Building Your Personal Brand” by Jill Avery and Rachel Greenwald HBR article: https://hbr.org/2023/05/a-new-approach-to-building-your-personal-brand * “The Brand Called You” by Tom Peters FastCompany article – https://www.fastcompany.com/28905/brand-called-you * Jill’s recommendation: “Breaking Glass: Tales from the Witch of Wall Street by Patricia Walsh Chadwick – https://amzn.to/3yWBxWL CONNECT WITH ANDREA & TALK ABOUT TALK * Website: TalkAboutTalk.com Communication Coaching Newsletter:  https://talkabouttalk.com/newsletter LinkedIn Andrea: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreawojnicki/ LinkedIn TalkAboutTalk: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talkabouttalk/ Youtube Channel: @talkabouttalkyoutube   TRANSCRIPT Particularly in today’s world. Avoiding personal branding is just really not an option. And I’m not sure it ever has been. You know, people point to the rise of social media as building up the hype of personal branding. But we’ve always had a need for personal branding. We’ve always had a need to communicate the value that we bring to the world. So our medium is different in the way that we communicate it. We use, you know, online and and social media and other digital technologies to help us. But we’ve always done this work. And there’s always been a need for this work. That was Jill Avery, marketing professor at Harvard Business School and personal branding expert. Last year Jill co-authored a paper in Harvard Business Review called “A New Approach to Building Your Personal Brand.” Jill is not only a personal branding expert, she’s also a friend and a wonderful human. I can’t wait for you to her what she has to say share with us about personal branding. Let’s do this! Welcome to Talk about Talk podcast episode #171 “Building Your Personal Brand with Harvard Business School Professor Jill Avery”. In this episode, you’re going to learn why personal branding is so important – mandatory really, and also a few reasons why many people hesitate or even reject this whole premise of personal branding. In case we haven’t met, my name is Dr. Andrea Wojnicki please just call me Andrea. I’m your executive communication coach. I coach executives like you to improve your communication skills so you can communicate with confidence and achieve your career goals. To learn more about me and what I do, check out my website, talkabouttalk.com where you can read about the coaching and workshops that I run. Plus there are a bunch of free resources for you there. Ok, let’s get into this. I’m sure you want to hear from Jill. Here’s how this episode is going to go. After I introduce Jill, we’ll get right into the interview. Then at the end I’m going to summarize with the three learnings that I want to reinforce based on o...

    44 min

  6. 17 SEPT

    Making a Ruckus with Seth Godin (ep.171)

    Seth Godin, famed author, blogger, and podcaster shares his wisdom on what communication skill we should work on, the issue with authenticity for professionals, and a new definition of personal branding. Let’s make a ruckus! BOOKS BY SETH GODIN * This is Strategy – https://amzn.to/4dwi1PS * Linchpin – https://amzn.to/4fIr7ux * Tribes – https://amzn.to/3yHo4lI * The Dip – https://amzn.to/3X4E7n6 * Purple Cow – https://amzn.to/3M3SuBR * This Is Marketing – https://amzn.to/46PIaXK * The Song of Significance – https://amzn.to/4ctABHl * Seth’s all-volunteer community project: The Carbon Almanac – https://amzn.to/3YLSIFk   RESOURCES “The Brand Called You” by Tom Peters Personal Brand FastCompany article – https://www.fastcompany.com/28905/brand-called-you Smart Brevity book – https://amzn.to/3pj2Jdj Roger Martin “A Plan is not a Strategy” video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuYlGRnC7J8 Seth’s recommendations: Mystery Show podcast (ep.3) – https://gimletmedia.com/shows/mystery-show A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs – https://500songs.com/ The Moment with Brian Koppelman podcast – https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-moment-with-brian-koppelman/id814550071 Hardcare History podcast with Dan Carlin – https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/ Just Kids: An Autobiography by Patty Smith – https://amzn.to/3ApVA0k CONNECT WITH ANDREA & TALK ABOUT TALK * Website: TalkAboutTalk.com Communication Coaching Newsletter:  https://talkabouttalk.com/newsletter LinkedIn Andrea: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreawojnicki/ LinkedIn TalkAboutTalk: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talkabouttalk/ Youtube Channel: @talkabouttalkyoutube Talk About Talk Podcast Archive: https://www.talkabouttalk.com/communication-skills-podcast/   TRANSCRIPT That, as you can probably guess, from the title of this episode, is Seth Godin. And he’s on a mission, encouraging us all to make a ruckus.  To make a generous contribution to the world.  To change the world for the better.  Whether it’s in one of his books, in his blog, or in this conversation you’re about to hear, Seth Godin always makes me think about things in new ways. Take, for example, Seth’s answer to the first rapid fire question that I ask every guest: “Are you an introvert or an extrovert?”  Seth had the most unique answer to this Q that I’ve ever heard : I never thought of it that way before, did you? You know,

    51 min

  7. 11 SEPT

    INTRODUCTIONS – How to Introduce Yourself (ep. 170)

    Introducing yourself shouldn’t be something you dread. Learn a 3-point self-introduction framework (not a script!) plus 4 general tips for introducing yourself effectively. Introducing yourself is a rare opportunity to highlight your personal brand!   (Re-release of ep. 86)   TAKE THE FREE PERSONAL BRAND ASSESSMENT * https://talkabouttalk.com/personalbrand   CONNECT WITH ANDREA & TALK ABOUT TALK * Website: TalkAboutTalk.com Communication Coaching Newsletter:  https://talkabouttalk.com/newsletter LinkedIn Andrea: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreawojnicki/ LinkedIn TalkAboutTalk: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talkabouttalk/ Youtube Channel: @talkabouttalkyoutube Talk About Talk Podcast Archive: https://www.talkabouttalk.com/communication-skills-podcast/

    19 min

  8. 3 SEPT

    COMMUNICATE WITH CONFIDENCE: Part 1 – Mental Preparation (ep 169)

    Communicate with confidence: There’s the mental preparation, then there’s confidence in the moment.  In this first of a two-part series, we focus on the 4P’s of mentally preparing to communicate with confidence: Practice, as in rehearsing; Proverb, as in adopting a mantra; Pep talk; and Pirate, as in copying that confident feeling.  (Re-release of ep.58)     CONNECT WITH ANDREA & TALK ABOUT TALK * Website: TalkAboutTalk.com Communication Coaching Newsletter:  https://talkabouttalk.com/newsletter LinkedIn Andrea: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreawojnicki/ LinkedIn TalkAboutTalk: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talkabouttalk/ Youtube Channel: @talkabouttalkyoutube Talk About Talk Podcast Archive: https://www.talkabouttalk.com/communication-skills-podcast/

    16 min
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Improving your COMMUNICATION SKILLS can help you get noticed and get promoted! Dr. Andrea Wojnicki is a Harvard-educated communication coach whose research focuses on interpersonal communication and consumer psychology. Through the TALK ABOUT TALK podcast, Andrea and her guests share advice on how to elevate your communication skills. Learn about: • overcoming IMPOSTER SYNDROME & communicating with CONFIDENCE • PERSONAL BRANDING • communication skills for LEADERS • STORYTELLING • LISTENING skills • how to INTRODUCE YOURSELF and more! Subscribe to the Talk About Talk podcast and sign up for the weekly communication coaching newsletter.

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  • Creator
    Dr. Andrea Wojnicki
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2024
  • Episodes
    180
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    © 2023 Talk About Talk Inc. All rights reserved. (TM) Talk About Talk is a registered trademark.
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