Get Your Voice Back By Hitting It Head On with Greg Stephens | BWI #46

Episode 46 - Get Your Voice Back By Hitting It Head On with Greg Stephens So often we trade our peace because we are afraid of speaking up. Most often it's because we're afraid, and most likely we are afraid because we lack the skill set. But we know skills can be learned, right?  Greg Stephens, President of Choice Consulting is a communication consultant and executive coach. Greg holds a Business Degree from Baylor University and is a certified professional behavior analyst with TTI Performance Systems, a Crucial Conversations Master Certified Trainer with VitalSmarts, and a corporate executive coach. As an experienced professional speaker, facilitator, corporate trainer, and coach, Greg has worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies and National Organizations. Greg draws from a wealth of personal and professional experience, working with managers, executives and teams.   Key Moments: Why you may sometimes need to shut out the advice of your friends when you are seeking coaching Why dealing with hard conversations is a skill just like anything else  How you can get your voice back and feel like you do have a right to speak up Why growing in the ways you communicate should be a lifetime pursuit Why it's important to audit your communication skills to find areas which need growth Why influencing people is more effective than trying to convince them of something How to learn to speak into people's areas of listening and the effect that has How Greg's promising basketball career ended and what he learned from it   Favorite Quote: "We trade having peace because we tolerate those things that don't work in our lives." -Greg Stephens    CONNECT WITH GREG: Greg Stephens is a successful entrepreneur and business owner with more than 24 years of experience running his own consulting firm, specializing in Breakthrough Master Teams, Executive Coaching, Communication Skills, Leadership Development, Self-Mastery, and Team Building as well as being a Certified Professional Mediator.  Greg has an authentic training style that allows him to rapidly connect and relate with people in both large and small groups.  His clients include more than 400 organizations with audiences ranging from Entrepreneurs, C-Suite Executives, Management, and Frontline Workers in the following industries (Agriculture, Construction, Education, Energy, Engineering, Entertainment, Government, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Mining, Non-Profit, Religion, Technology, and Transportation). As a Certified Master Trainer with Crucial Learning, Greg spent much of his time traveling, giving speeches, and teaching the complete Crucial Learning suite of training programs which include, Crucial Conversations for Mastering Dialogue™, Crucial Conversations for Accountability™, Influencer™, Getting Things Done™ (GTD), and The Power of Habit™. Greg has also created multiple week-long "leadership boot camps" to help leaders develop the skills necessary for effective leadership as well as several "stand alone" products such as Effective Performance Reviews, Effective Feedback, Effective Communication, and Masterful Mentoring™. Choice Consulting   Connect with Jeanne:  The first important thought I remember having was that "Anything Is Possible". My parents moving me and my nine siblings from California to Australia might have had something to do with this. I believe anything is possible and that people have the genius within them to find and live in their Genius Zone... their Ultimate Potential without burnout and without burning those who surround them.  For more information on her coaching programs for coaches: www.jeanneomlor.com/reviews/ For Elite coaching for CEOs, celebrities, and Icons: https://jeanneomlor.com/private-label-advisory/ Follow Jeanne on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeanneomlor/