The SIXCOMMS Podcast

Send us Fan Mail My curiosity was sparked when I saw a link to a communication personality type quiz Mel posted on LinkedIn.  Like a lot of people, I can’t resist a personality quiz so I completed the quiz and was even more curious to discover that I was a "Lone Brainstormer."   In this episode, Mel will share more on what it means to be a "Lone Brainstormer" and all the other...

Send us Fan Mail Jill's post on LinkedIn entitled 'The Gravitas Cocktail,' caught my attention and brought her here today. If you’re looking to speak with more authority and gravitas then this episode is definitely for you! Jill will unpack the six essential ingredients to make a flavorful and perfectly-balanced “Gravitas Cocktail” that you can use in ensuring you connect deeply wit...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I delve into one of The Six Cs of Effective Communication which is Curiosity. I draw inspiration from the book "The Squiggly Career" by Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis, who explore how nurturing curiosity can future-proof your career.  You will get practical tips that you can use for yourself and with your team that will be sure to ignite curiosity, such as...

Send us Fan Mail I was drawn to a phrase Victoria uses a lot which is Communicating with Agility.  Or, in other words Agile Communication.  She works with mid to senior level professionals who are often working in English as their second language and they would like to strive for perfect communication.  But as she quite rightly points out we can’t become a TedTalk speaker every time we communicate...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Sorelle shares with us some top tips on how to approach and write your Linkedin Profile, CV and Cover Letter.  I love the way Sorelle describes the LinkedIn profile as your “digital body language”. If you want to grab the attention of potential employers or professionals to network with, make sure you listen to the top tips on how to craft an effective headline an...

Send us Fan Mail This episode comes at the start of a New Year and what better time to start thinking about our personal brand and how we want to communicate that to the world.  So what is a personal brand?  Darren thinks it’s: “how you project yourself, your values and how you want the world to perceive you.” Thinking about your personal brand might seem too big a task and perhaps a bit overwhelm...

Send us Fan Mail Yes, a lot of us have returned to our offices and are working more in-person.  However, there is still a lingering impact, from Covid times when we were forced to work exclusively online, on how well we communicate with each other in order to better connect rather than just to get work done. This connection can't be left to chance; it needs to be designed.  But, everyone is s...

Send us Fan Mail One of the Six Cs of Effective Communication that SIXCOMMS promotes is Compassion. In order to communicate in a compassionate way with others, we first need to communicate in a compassionate way with ourselves; we need to be self-compassionate.  This episode focuses on the benefits of self-compassion not just for our own well being but how that positively translates to our relatio...

Send us Fan Mail This is a perfect title for this episode as the way in which Kate and I first met was both creative and intentional.  It involved a networking platform called LunchClub and some Lego, more will be revealed about this in our conversation! This episode is for you if you host online & in-person meetings and would like some inspiration on how you can connect with your colleagues i...

Send us Fan Mail Anita and I both feel that communicating with compassion and care has always been important, but never more so than now.  Communicating across cultures, across generations and tailoring our communication to suit different communication styles has always been challenging.  However, with the pandemic we have had to orientate ourselves to very different ways of working with added hea...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is for you if you work with a lot of data and have to regularly present that data to your team and stakeholders.  You might be getting demotivated as you feel the content is just not engaging your audience and you just want to breathe some life into it and get your audience to pay attention! I’ll be asking Thomas: what are the crucial elements of an engaging and memor...

Send us Fan Mail This is part 2 of Episode 20. A time to pause & reflect on the episodes so far. A special episode because it was created by the past guests and listeners of the show sharing their favourite episodes & key learning. So if you haven't had a chance to listen to The SIXCOMMS Podcast yet, this is a good place to start as one of the episodes that has resonated most with our...

Send us Fan Mail This is part 1 of Episode 20. A time to pause & reflect on the episodes so far. A special episode because it was created by the past guests and listeners of the show sharing their favourite episodes & key learnings. So if you haven't had a chance to listen to The SIXCOMMS Podcast yet, this is a good place to start as one of the episodes that has resonated most with ou...

Send us Fan Mail I’m joined by Arunanjali Maria, a business storytelling coach.  She helps leaders use the organic power of stories to drive business results and bring humanity to the workplace. She has over 25 years of experience as a powerful facilitator in designing and delivering Capability Enhancement solutions. Her forte is providing Learning Solutions that match her client’s needs and parti...

Send us Fan Mail I’m joined by Shanthi Cumaraswamy Streat who is a Business English and Communications Coach.  Shanthi helps senior business professionals become their confident selves when communicating in English at work. She believes that instead of learning even more words, perfecting your grammar or trying to speak without pausing (is that even possible!?), you can communicate more effectivel...

Send us Fan Mail Maria is a passionate coach, facilitator, writer and speaker dedicated to empowering people to do their best work by supporting them in focusing on their strengths and acquiring new skills. Having spent over a decade in China and working with people and teams in several Asian countries as well as people working in Europe I asked Maria what she thought were the main challenges in c...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, episode 16, I’m joined by Kate Jackson. Kate is a multi award winning Leadership, Learning & Development consultant and is the founder of Andragogy.  She is an accomplished strategic communication and learning consultant offering Institute of Leadership & Management accredited courses.  Kate has over 15 years of experience working across a range of industr...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I’m joined by Jess Flack. Jess is a commissioner for skills development at Essex County Council in the UK.  She spots gaps in skills and employment provision for Gen Z those aged 18 to 24 years and commissions projects to close these gaps.  Jess has been a graduate recruiter for KPMG and Cisco and a project manager for Hobsons where she interviewed graduates in Chi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I’m joined by Kim Page. Kim is a Communication Trainer, TEDx Speaker and Vocal Coach who helps professionals increase their impact and influence. Her method, the Right Kind of Loud, is all about expanding your comfort zone from the inside and out. You learn how to adjust to the person you are trying to reach, fine-tuning your message to the specific situation at h...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I’m joined by Hari Haralambiev who is the co-founder of Tochka 2 and is developing a platform called SoftSkillsPills.com focused on soft skills for IT people. One of those soft skills, a fundamental part of being an effective communicator, is giving feedback.  Even the word feedback seems to strike fear in many a professional and “feedforward” has become an alterna...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I’m joined by David Pullan of The Story Spotters to chat about a form of communication that sends all of us into a state of anxiety and fear.  Yes, that’s right – PRESENTATIONS! For a lot of us, like me, that word conjures up very unpleasant memories of my school days. You cringe as the teacher calls you up to stand in front of the class.  Your peers are all starin...

Send us Fan Mail This is the first episode of season 2 and I’m joined by the lovely Susanne Heiss. You might want to reflect on the past year or last 6 months or the last 3 months of a project you've been working on.  This episode is jam-packed with some fresh ideas and inspiration on reflection activities (otherwise known as Retrospectives) that you can include in your next team meeting or l...

Send us Fan Mail This is the last episode of Season 1 of The SIXCOMMS Podcast.  In this episode I share the 7 lightbulb moments of the previous nine episodes. What do I mean by a lightbulb moment? Well for me, it’s a realization or what Oprah calls an “Aha Moment” or a key learning or revelation.  There were so many, but I have managed to distil them into seven key ones (one for each day of the we...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I’m joined by Prakash Mathur who is an EQ coach, training consultant and CEO of Transformative Training in Singapore.  We share a passion for learning and professional development.  We recognize the need for all professionals to develop their Emotional Intelligence in order to be more effective communicators in the workplace. The questions we answer in this episod...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I’m joined by my friend Emma Konopka who is a co-active coach. We are both self-confessed learning magpies! This means we are curious about everything to do with learning and development. In our professions as coaches and facilitators we need to be able to hold spaces for meaningful conversations to take place. We need to be able to build connection and rapport qui...