Five Keys to Communicating Difficult News

One of the most important roles of a leader is to communicate effectively during difficult moments. After all, there is no time that customers, investors, and employees will be more focused on the message from the top than when proverbial sirens are blaring, and smoke is in the air. How and what leaders communicate during challenging times can define the legacy of not only the leader but the entire organization. So, leaders, in this moment, tread carefully but do communicate.

Here are five keys to communicating in challenging times:

Christina McKennaMarch 26, 2025speaker coaching, spokesperson, CEO, CFO, media training

Three Signs It's Time to Hire a Speech Coach

“There’s not an employee at the company who doesn’t love him,” she said, “Which is why it’s so hard to watch.”

The HR leader was calling about her company’s beloved CEO, a talented executive who had risen through the organization’s own ranks to land the top job, only to underwhelm in high stakes moments.

Christina McKennaMarch 3, 2025speaker coaching, spokesperson, CEO, CFO, media training

The Right Way to Read a Speech

We all know that when delivering a speech it’s always best to learn the material cold and deliver it from the heart. But let’s face it: For busy executives with frequent trips to the podium and little time to prepare, that’s not always an option.

Five Keys to Killer Financial Presentations

CFOs and other financial professionals, this is it! Never before has your insight, expertise and leadership been more needed than in the wake of the pandemic as your organizations struggle with unprecedented fiscal challenges and opportunities.

Leaders, This is Your Moment. Here's What to Say.

Now that the World Health Organization has declared the COVID-19 situation a pandemic, organizations large and small all across the globe are trying to quickly decide and communicate what this means for their work, their teams and their stakeholders.

Time is short and the stakes are high. Leaders, now more than ever, your employees need to hear from you.

Communicating Amid Coronavirus: Six Tips for Better Virtual Meetings

With concerns about the spread of Coronavirus prompting temporary travel restrictions at organizations across the globe, more and more professionals are turning to virtual meetings to connect their teams and stay productive.

No doubt, virtual meetings offer many conveniences (like preventing the spread of sickness, for one). But they also present some problems, especially for the meeting host who has the difficult job of engaging participants and keeping order without the benefit of a good old-fashioned stare down.

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