web01.fireside.fm Tue, 05 May 2026 12:20:31 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The How This Works show - Episodes Tagged with “Voice” https://www.howthisworks.show/tags/voice Tue, 16 Mar 2021 06:00:00 -0400 Talking shop with 100 people about their work and associated craft — exploring what they actually do, why they do it that way, and what changed along the way. Host Skipper Chong Warson sits down with folks to understand what's going on in their world right now. Season two explored product, design, and facilitation. The third season follows people actively building things right now. New episodes every few weeks. Part of How This Works co. en-us episodic What do people actually do all day? Skipper Chong Warson Talking shop with 100 people about their work and associated craft — exploring what they actually do, why they do it that way, and what changed along the way. Host Skipper Chong Warson sits down with folks to understand what's going on in their world right now. Season two explored product, design, and facilitation. The third season follows people actively building things right now. New episodes every few weeks. Part of How This Works co. yes subject matter experts, learn, learning, subject matter expert, expert, experts, amateur, professional, stories, story, lessons, lesson, work, home, education, educate, passion, passions, day in the life, walk in someone else's shoes, expertise, craft Skipper Chong Warson skipperchong@me.com Dr. Laura Sicola https://www.howthisworks.show/016-laura-sicola 06b8f5a3-ed62-4265-98c2-565242ec10ca Tue, 16 Mar 2021 06:00:00 -0400 Skipper Chong Warson full 1 Skipper Chong Warson In this episode, Skipper chats with Laura Sicola about how to use your voice to its best effect 58:58 no <p>This week, Skipper chats with Laura Sicola, a leadership communication and influence expert, speaker, author of "Speaking to Influence: Mastering Your Leadership Voice" (<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/9976/9781948787307" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bookshop link</a>), a coach, and host of the podcast, <a href="https://speakingtoinfluence.com/podcast/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">"Speaking to Influence: Communication Secrets of the C-Suite"</a>. But this conversation isn't just for managers or people in the C-suite, it's for anyone who wants to hear yes a bit more in their lives. As Laura says, this subject matter is every bit as "relevant with your coworkers, boss, employee, colleague, client, vendor, or otherwise, as it is with people in your personal life. And it is — whether it's with your spouse, significant other, your children, your neighbors, your friends, and co parishioners at church, temple, mosque, wherever you go, or religious house".</p> <p>We talk about so many things, including her work sitting at the intersection of how language works — or what Laura refers to as the math of language — cognitive processing and language, and social filters; how non-native languages to young kids can feel like a superpower, how some people listen like others wait for the right moment to jump into a double dutch jump rope session, bosses versus leaders, manipulation versus influence, myth-busting one of the most misquoted statistic in communications research, how we all have a prismatic voice, and how authenticity is absolutely essential in how we use our voice.</p> <p>Stay tuned after the outro music for a quick levels check, a peek behind the scenes. Special Guest: Laura Sicola.</p> people, influence, communication, book, sound, listening, talk, understand, hear, japanese, spanish, english, coach, years, persuasion, point, learned, person, audience, words This week, Skipper chats with Laura Sicola, a leadership communication and influence expert, speaker, author of "Speaking to Influence: Mastering Your Leadership Voice" (bookshop link), a coach, and host of the podcast, "Speaking to Influence: Communication Secrets of the C-Suite". But this conversation isn't just for managers or people in the C-suite, it's for anyone who wants to hear yes a bit more in their lives. As Laura says, this subject matter is every bit as "relevant with your coworkers, boss, employee, colleague, client, vendor, or otherwise, as it is with people in your personal life. And it is — whether it's with your spouse, significant other, your children, your neighbors, your friends, and co parishioners at church, temple, mosque, wherever you go, or religious house".

We talk about so many things, including her work sitting at the intersection of how language works — or what Laura refers to as the math of language — cognitive processing and language, and social filters; how non-native languages to young kids can feel like a superpower, how some people listen like others wait for the right moment to jump into a double dutch jump rope session, bosses versus leaders, manipulation versus influence, myth-busting one of the most misquoted statistic in communications research, how we all have a prismatic voice, and how authenticity is absolutely essential in how we use our voice.

Stay tuned after the outro music for a quick levels check, a peek behind the scenes.

Special Guest: Laura Sicola.

Links:

]]> This week, Skipper chats with Laura Sicola, a leadership communication and influence expert, speaker, author of "Speaking to Influence: Mastering Your Leadership Voice" (bookshop link), a coach, and host of the podcast, "Speaking to Influence: Communication Secrets of the C-Suite". But this conversation isn't just for managers or people in the C-suite, it's for anyone who wants to hear yes a bit more in their lives. As Laura says, this subject matter is every bit as "relevant with your coworkers, boss, employee, colleague, client, vendor, or otherwise, as it is with people in your personal life. And it is — whether it's with your spouse, significant other, your children, your neighbors, your friends, and co parishioners at church, temple, mosque, wherever you go, or religious house".

We talk about so many things, including her work sitting at the intersection of how language works — or what Laura refers to as the math of language — cognitive processing and language, and social filters; how non-native languages to young kids can feel like a superpower, how some people listen like others wait for the right moment to jump into a double dutch jump rope session, bosses versus leaders, manipulation versus influence, myth-busting one of the most misquoted statistic in communications research, how we all have a prismatic voice, and how authenticity is absolutely essential in how we use our voice.

Stay tuned after the outro music for a quick levels check, a peek behind the scenes.

Special Guest: Laura Sicola.

Links:

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