Speak as a Leader
Welcome to the “Speak as a Leader” podcast where you learn how to speak fearlessly on stage, on camera and in person. I’m Nausheen, a leadership communications coach from the Fortune 500 world and on “Speak as a Leader”, I talk to leaders from corporate giants like Amazon and Google, to startup founders, visionaries, TEDx speakers and even leaders who have worked at the Pentagon. You will get to know how these leaders learned the art and science of speaking fearlessly on any stage. Let’s get started!
Episodes
43: Why Great Leaders Freeze on Stage (Even Obama Did) - with President Obama's Speechwriter, Terry Szuplat
What if confidence isn’t the thing that makes great speakers great? In this episode, I sit down with former Obama speechwriter Terry Szuplat to unpack the hidden mechanics of powerful communication - including the moment Barack Obama froze mid-speech early in his career. We talk about:• Why public speaking is an experience, not information transfer• How leaders build real connection instead of sou
42: How to go from nobody to a person with influence with Pat Flynn, YouTuber, Founder of Smart Passive Income
Pat Flynn is the founder and host of Smart Passive Income podcast with 50 million downloads. He has created a massive community of online business owners and built SPI over the last 14 years. His YouTube channel has almost half a million followers.
In this episode, we’ll talk about how to build your brand, gain visibility and influence to grow your business. You will learn directly from the OG hi
41: Do CEOs need to be “influencers”? with Kim Rittberg, ex-creative producer at Netflix, People Magazine, Us Weekly
When Kim Rittberg launched the video unit at Us Weekly, she had no idea it would sell for $100 million. This shows the richness of her 20 years of experience as a creative producer at Netflix, PEOPLE Magazine, and in TV News. She turns CEOs into thought leaders and her video content has been viewed 500 million times.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
The best way to establish your credibility
Ho
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40: How to stop being anxious speaking in public [Greatest Hits]
In this re-released episode, I chatted with Katie Stoddart, host of the Focus Bee podcast, to share strategies and insights on how to get rid of your anxiety before speaking in public. I share actionable tips to boost your confidence and take control of your nerves!
I’m your host, Nausheen I. Chen. I’m a leadership communications coach. I’ve helped 500+ leaders speak confidently on stage, on came
39: How to ace interviews at Amazon, Meta, Google with Alan Stein, Founder and CEO of Kadima Careers
Alan Stein has interviewed more than 2000 people, hired hundreds and fired a handful. He's worked at director-level roles at Facebook, Salesforce and Google.
In this episode, we talk about how to nail the toughest interviews in the world- and Alan tells us how he aced his Amazon interview and got a job offer that he didn't even want. You’ll get insights into what interviewers and hiring m
38: How to go from entrepreneur to thought leader with Jahmaal Marshall, Founder of Listen Then Speak
Meet Jahmaal Marshall, a mental health advocate, CEO and host of Listen Then Speak. Join us as we talk about his journey from going through depression and burnout to being a counsellor and top podcaster. In this episode, we share actionable strategies to overcome nerves and how he has built thought leadership in the somewhat saturated field of mental health.
I’m your host, Nausheen I. Chen. I’m a
37: How to monetize your personal brand & earn 7-figures with Jay Clouse, Founder of Creator Science
I talk to Jay Clouse, Founder of Creator Science. Jay shares his journey of building his business through speaking versus writing, showing up as an introvert, and connecting with his audience. . Discover why being authentic doesn’t always mean being yourself and get tips on how to get started in building your business as a creator.
I’m your host, Nausheen I. Chen. I’m a leadership communications
36: How To Tackle Being Judged and Express Yourself with Lara Acosta, LinkedIn’s #1 female creator
Join us on this empowering episode of "Speak as a Leader" as we talk about overcoming judgment and authentically expressing yourself. I chat with LinkedIn’s #1 Female Creator, Lara Acosta and we share simple, practical tips on overcoming criticism, finding your unique voice, and making a strong impact in the field of communication and personal branding.
I’m your host, Nausheen I. Chen.
35: How to close deals on LinkedIn with Richard Moore, LinkedIn’s #1 sales coach
Richard Moore, founder of LinkedIn Client Accelerator, makes selling look easy. We talk about his strategy for getting clients using sales and content and how establishing a strong rapport with your audience can lead to more deals. We share tips and techniques to engage your audience and create meaningful interactions.
I’m your host, Nausheen I. Chen. I’m a leadership communications coach. I’ve
34: How LinkedIn entrepreneur Ryan Musselman built a copywriting business through speaking
Can public speaking help LinkedIn entrepreneurs become more visible?
Ryan Musselman rose to the top 10% of LinkedIn creators within a year. Now he’s built an entire business on his LinkedIn presence. We talk about everything from using LinkedIn to making awesome content and how speaking can influence the credibility of your brand.
I’m your host, Nausheen I. Chen. I’m a leadership communications
33: How to build a personal brand: writing vs speaking with Jasmin Alić, top LinkedIn influencer
Can speaking help content creators emerge from behind the keyboard?
Jasmin Alić, a Fortune 500 copywriter and one of LinkedIn’s top creators, talks about the symbiotic relationship between writing and speaking. We talk all things LinkedIn, content creation and how speaking can build or break brands.
I’m your host, Nausheen I. Chen. I’m a leadership communications coach. I’ve helped 300+ leaders
32: How speaking better made me a better leader by Omar Halabieh, Head of Technology at Amazon Payment Services
Can a nerve-wracking experience turn you into an impactful speaker?
Omar Halabieh, Tech Director at Amazon Payment Services, talks about how he overcame his nerves and improved the way he spoke to improve his performance at work. We talk about how he built his personal brand through becoming an impactful speaker - both at Amazon and beyond.
Watch the full episode to know the top 3 tips that will
31: Can AI Help You Speak Better? Varun Puri, CEO - Yoodli
Can AI enhance the way we communicate? Varun Puri has revolutionized the industry with his vision for AI-driven speech coaching through Yoodli.
Join Varun, the CEO and co-founder of Yoodli AI, and I as we discuss how AI can potentially transform the way we communicate (and how the future is closer than we think).
I’m your host, Nausheen I. Chen. I’m a leadership communications coach. I’ve help
30: Becoming a Thought Leader with Jason Feifer, Editor-in-Chief - Entrepreneur Magazine
Just because you’re an employee, it doesn’t mean you can’t have your own personal brand. Jason Feifer, editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur Magazine, is the best example of an employee with an outstanding social media presence.
Jason has navigated the transition from being viewed as a journalist to becoming a recognized expert and authority figure. He used his personal branding and speaking skills to
29: How to stop being anxious speaking in public - with Nausheen
I took an unplanned hiatus but I'm back!
This week, I'm sharing a conversation I had with Katie Stoddart, host of the Focus Bee podcast.
I share actionable strategies and insights into getting rid of your anxiety before you speak in public.
🔥 Connect with me:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nausheenichen/
Join the Speak as a Leader community: www.speakasaleader.com
Email: me@nsheen
28: How to build a 7-figure personal brand with Jackie Hermes, CEO & Founder, Accelity
Jackie Hermes built her B2B marketing agency from $0 to 7-figures with no funding.
And half of that is through building her personal brand.
We talk about becoming a LinkedIn content creator and thought leader and how Jackie learned the art and skill of speaking well.
I’m your host, Nausheen I. Chen. I’m a leadership communications coach.
I’ve helped 100+ leaders in 6 countries speak confidently
27: How to Speak to Gain Trust with Marianna Kinnee, Senior Manager, The Home Depot
Marianna Kinnee has been growing at the same company for the past 21 years.
That company is The Home Depot.
Hear from Marianna how she grew from a business analyst to a senior manager at a billion dollar company- and the lessons in speaking she's learned along the way.
I’m your host, Nausheen I. Chen. I’m a leadership communications coach. I’ve helped 70+ leaders in 6 countries speak confid
26: How to speak to investors and get FUNDED with Navin Goyal, Co-founder, Loud Capital (VC)
Navin Goyal is a venture capitalist and co-founder at Loud Capital.
He's raised millions of dollars and funded hundreds of companies with his mantra of "venture for people".
So how do you speak to investors and get funded?
Navin shares actionable advice and hard-learned lessons in this vulnerable conversation.
I’m your host, Nausheen I. Chen. I’m a leadership communications coach
25: How to Build Authority on LinkedIn through Speaking with Melanie Borden, Managing Member, The Borden Group
Melanie Borden is a true force of nature.
With almost 200K followers on LinkedIn, she's ranked among the top 150 creators on the platform worldwide.
She's built her entire business through her personal brand - on LinkedIn as well as through speaking at events.
In this super memorable conversation, we dive into how she speaks with influence, authority and relatability.
I’m your host, Na
24: How to Show Up as a Leader, no matter what with Don Davis, Senior VP, NYSHEX
You don't need a "leader" in your title to show up as one.
Don Davis, senior Vice President at the New York Shipping Exchange talks to me about how he learned to speak as a leader no matter what, where or who he was talking to.
I’m your host, Nausheen I. Chen, a leadership communications coach from the world of PR, marketing and training at Fortune 50 companies.
If you enjoy this
23: Special Edition - How to impress every time you speak with Nausheen
In this special edition of Speak as a Leader, I get interviewed by Anshuman Tiwari (Speak Better podcast).
I share my signature strategies on:
Speaking with high impact anywhere
How to find inspiration
How to find out how good you really are at speaking in public.
Catch the full video of the live event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1KBF66OSno
🔥 Connect with me:
LinkedIn: https://w
22: Leadership doesn't come easy: 30 years of banking with Bret Packard, CEO, The Packard Network
Bret Packard is a story of success achieved through sheer hard work, persistence, exponential learning and putting up antennas. Metaphorically speaking of course.
When Bret was a child, he got his first radio.
"I just thought it was the coolest thing to be able to set up a big antenna on the telephone poles and with fishing line and, and set it up and listen to the BBC in
London.
My dad sa
21: Your Most Common Questions about Public Speaking: ANSWERED with me!
Speaking in public is like a black box.
All you see are either AMAZING or average speakers, but you rarely see what goes on behind the scenes.
In this episode of Speak as a Leader, I tackle some of the most common questions that YOU asked about how to nail speaking to an audience.
I’m your host, Nausheen I. Chen. I’m a leadership communications coach.
I’ve helped 70+ leaders in 6 countr
20: How to speak with confidence in any room with Daisy Dominghini, Managing Director at VaynerMedia (EMEA)
Daisy Dominghini is no stranger to speaking in the most intimidating of rooms.
She's built her career from an account manager to now becoming the Managing Director for EMEA at Gary Vee's VaynerMedia. And along the way, she's learned to speak with clarity, charm and confidence.
Check out our conversation where we talk about Daisy's journey as a high performer and a woman finding her own confi
19: How to speak to the negative voices in your head with Marco Andre, Executive director, Novartis, ex-Google
Marco Andre and I both worked at Procter & Gamble.
But that’s not how I know him.
He worked at Google for 16 years.
Also not why I know him.
He’s the Executive director and global head of customer experience at Novartis.
But I know him because he went viral on LinkedIn for building LEGO.
After a decade and a half at Google, Marco took a sabbatical and started building L
18: How to Land your first TEDx talk with Nausheen!
You want to become the go-to authority in your industry. TED can open that door for you.
But where do you start? How can you land a TEDx talk? I reveal all in this episode, based on my experience of landing and delivering 2 TEDx talks!
I’m your host, Nausheen I. Chen. I’m a leadership communications coach. I’ve helped 70+ leaders in 6 countries speak confidently on stage, on camera and in per
17: How to Lead When You're Super Young with Yurii Veremchuk, Head of Business Growth at Woodpecker
How do you lead a team at 21?
You make many mistakes and then learn from them.
Yurii Veremchuk, Head of Business Growth at Woodpecker joined a fledgling startup in a team of 15 and helped turbocharge its growth to a publicly-traded company.
And today, he tells us how he speaks as a leader.
I’m your host, Nausheen I. Chen, a leadership communications coach from the world of Fortune 50 co
16: How Your Personal Brand Can Help or Hurt You with Ashley Faus, Director of Integrated Product Marketing, Atlassian
Ashley Faus is the director of integrated product marketing at Atlassian.
And she's built a strong personal brand as a leader inside and outside her company.
Her writing has been published on TIME, Forbes, MarketingProfs and she has a strong presence on LinkedIn.
We talk about how she curates her public persona and has learned to speak as a leader.
I’m your host, Nausheen I. Chen,
15: How to Gain Authority Through Speaking with Sammar Farooqi, Head of Strategy at SAP
Sammar Farooqi has a dream resume.
Current: Head of Strategy, Cloud Innovation & Business Development at SAP.
And past: IBM, KPMG and Deloitte.
We talk about the ONE thing Sammar has learned working at world-class companies - how he's used his voice to earn authority at each one.
If you enjoy this episode, please take 5 seconds to give us 5 stars. As a young podcast, you have no id
14: How to Grow Your Business Through Speaking with Terry Rice, Entrepreneur Magazine Expert-in-Residence
There isn't a single thing this man can't do.
✅ High-profile speaker
✅ Entrepreneur Magazine's Expert in Residence
✅ Teacher at one of America's best universities
✅ Coach for entrepreneurs
✅ Podcast host
✅ Writer
✅ I could totally go on...
But to be honest, these labels don't define Terry Rice. You just need to meet him. Or, if you
13: 2022 - A Year of Fantastic Conversations
2022 was a year of new beginnings for me.
I re-invented myself as a public speaking coach.
I also launched this podcast - Speak as a Leader - which is now on it’s 13th episode - so it’s lucky number 13, and we’re going into 2023 - so it’s a great time to look back at some of the INCREDIBLE - and I mean TRULY incredible people that I’ve had the privilege of talking to!
You’ve heard senior directors
12: How to Gain Respect with Nikolai Sirmai, Senior Leader, Unilever
Leaders NO LONGER have authority by default.
Nikolai Sirmai became a team leader very early on in his career at Unilever.
And he didn't always have it easy.
"Why should I listen to you?' They asked.
He came up with an answer.
He talks about how he led in these early challenging situations in this podcast.
I’m your host, Nausheen I. Chen. I’m a leadership
11: How to Serve as a Leader with Lynn Wong, ex-Walmart Senior Director, ex-VP NYSHEX
I met Lynn when she was the Senior Director for Global Logistics at Walmart and we worked on a video project together.
She was one of those leaders who could walk into a room and light it up with her smile, her positive attitude and her clarity.
In this episode of Speak as a Leader, Lynn talks about how leadership works at Walmart and how speaking as a leader has deeply impacted her career a
10: How to Connect Emotionally with the Audience with Tim Wenzel, Meta/Facebook and Lee Oughton, Co-Founder #TheKindnessGames
The #1 reason why most presentations are AWFUL:
The presenter sounds like a robot.
These two gentleman know how to make that emotional connection with the audience when they talk. Lee Oughton and Tim Wenzel (at Meta/Facebook) are two extraordinary people advocating for something ordinary. Kindness.
And what that really means when you speak.
I’m your host, Nausheen I.
9: How to Speak out Unapologetically with Jenny Wood, Director Media Ops, Google
Jenny Wood is no ordinary human.
She's an energetic, unapologetic POWERHOUSE of a human being.
She's also the Director of Americas Media Operations at Google, where she's worked for 16 years!
She talks to me about how she grew in her career at Google, how she built her personal brand and her trademark framework for delivering outstanding presentations.
I’m your host, Nausheen I. Chen. I
8: Breaking Away From It All with Nausheen
Today it's just me and you. I wanted to tell you my story.
I’m your host, Nausheen I. Chen. I’m an executive public speaking coach. But I took the long way there.
If you enjoy this episode, please take 10 seconds to give us 5 stars. As a young podcast, you have no idea how MUCH of a difference your review would make in getting us discovered by others who might enjoy Speak as a Leader.
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7: How to Lead From the Heart with Mark C. Crowley
MYTH: A manager isn't bad if they're "hard" on people but deliver results.
REALITY: A manager who is bad with people is a bad manager.
I talk to bestselling author of Lead From the Heart, Mark C. Crowley who makes a strong case for why you don’t need to choose between being good to people and business results.
If you enjoy this episode, please take 10 seconds to give us 5 stars
6: How to be a Leader for Tomorrow with Jamie Martin, Director, Australian Army Leadership
Jamie Martin leads Leadership. You read that right.
He trains the leaders of tomorrow at the Center for Australian Army Leadership and he shares some truly fascinating lessons from the battlefield and beyond.
I’m your host, Nausheen I. Chen. I help CEOs become public speaking powerhouses.
If you enjoy this episode, please take 10 seconds to give us 5 stars. As a young podcast, you have no ide
5: How to Speak Up as a Female Leader with Dr Alessandra Wall
Women use WAY MORE words than men at work. So what does that really mean for female leaders?
I speak with Dr Alessandra Wall, clinical psychologist, coach and founder of Noteworthy, with 15 years of experience in coaching female leaders.
I’m your host, Nausheen I. Chen- a leadership communications coach for Fortune 500 companies. I’ve helped 70+ leaders in 6 countries speak confidently on sta
4: From Shy Leader to COO with Dallas Kostna, COO Keener Jerseys
What happens when you’re a shy introvert AND the COO of a fast growing startup?
You step up.
This is how Dallas Kostna did it. He’s been to MIT, Cornell and the Wharton school. He's been a VP in the financial sector and now a COO. But you wouldn’t know it because Dallas is genuinely the most humble leader I’ve ever had the pleasure of talking to.
I’m your host,
3: Culture Chameleon with Georgia Watson, IBM Sales Enablement Leader
Today is a special day. It’s our third episode at Speak as a Leader and I have my FIRST female leader guest.
Georgia Watson is an international enablement and learning leader at IBM with a passion for innovation and inclusion. Her multicultural leadership experience is kind of jaw dropping - she's led teams across Australia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe, and has adapted her leadership style,
2: Leadership Lessons from the Pentagon with Jared Johnson, ex-US Air Force, CEO at Arlandria Consulting
What's leadership in the US military really like?
(To be honest, I never thought I'd be asking this question. You'll find out why in the podcast!)
Jared Johnson is someone who's certainly be able to talk a lot about this (and candidly)!
Jared has a long and rewarding history in the US Air Force and the Pentagon. He is now the CEO at Arlandria Consulting, where he has the ambitious goal of "S
1: I'm Not Faking It with Chris Piper, CMO Scribe Media
I love public speaking. But most people don't. What better way to start off a podcast on public speaking than to invite a leader who hates it?
Chris Piper is no ordinary CMO. He's built a marketing agency, launched his own patented product at CES, and helped grow several 8 and 9-figure businesses. At Scribe Media, Chris has helped scale the company from low 7-figures to mid-8, from 19 people to 12
Welcome to Speak as a Leader
Hi, I'm Nausheen and I'm your host for the Speak as a Leader podcast! Here you'll learn how to express your expertise as a leader fearlessly on any stage. Every week I talk to leaders from Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurs, visionaries, TEDx speakers and even leaders who have worked at the Pentagon. I ask them what speaking as a leader means to them: how they have learned to communicate as a le
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