How do you improve from a good English speaker to a great English speaker? You might think that because you’re a native English speaker, you don’t need to be any better, but maybe you do need some improvements in a professional setting. But how do you do this?
That is why in this episode of the Your Career Cure Podcast, Gail Tolstoi-Miller interviews communication coach, Jill Diamond. She is a seasoned communication coach with a specialization in working with international professionals. Her executive experience, background in the performance arts, and a keen interest in people allow Jill to help professionals Write it, Show it and Voice it with precision, passion, and impact.
She explains how she helps people become great at spoken English as they are in written English without losing traces of their native languages or accents. Listen in to learn how better communication at work can surprisingly help you in moving up the ranks.
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What You Will Discover:
- [0:40] Jill explains how she helps international professionals go from good English speakers to great English speakers.
- [2:54] How Jill became passionate about teaching communication after a career in acting and music.
- [6:27] Understanding code-switching, which is the ability to switch from one accent to another.
- [9:10] Why people don’t trust people with a different accent as theirs, plus some languages with difficult accents.
- [12:46] Jill narrates a success story that happened with a former client.
- [15:49] Teaching people how to speak the way they write.
- [17:04] Up talk- the rising intonation at the end of a sentence and why it creates doubts in others.
- [21:26] The importance of having passion in our native language or any other language we’re speaking.
- [25:37] Why Jill believes that it’s easier for non-Americans to catch up to our accent than the other way around.
- [28:14] She narrates the poem that helps her students get started with rhythm.
- [29:28] Jill describes her career challenges as having to keep up with the times and everything.
- [30:28] How COVID has simplified Jill’s lifestyle by making it easy to communicate with her clients online.
- [31:47] The 3 best career and Corporate America answers that Jill would give to win the 50 million dollars Your Career Cure Contest.
Get in Touch with Jill:
- Jill’s online program landing page: https://jill-diamond-be8f.mykajabi.com/find-your-stage-with-english-communication-confidence
- Website: byjilldiamond.com
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JillDiamond
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jilldiamond/
- Share one of your personal habits that contributes to your success: I’m not afraid to ask for help when I need it. It could be hiring a coach or speaking to a peer or simply searching the internet for the help I need. In other words, I’m in the habit of believing that I am not in it alone.
- Share your favorite Internet/Career/entrepreneur resource: I’ve turned to Tony Robbins’ work on and off over the years. Marie Forleo’s course is great for entrepreneurs—especially if you are starting out. And I turn to LinkedIn groups in my field like Training & Development—there is great resource material and studies that these groups can provide.
- What is your favorite book that you would recommend? I love The Dip by Seth Godin because it shows us that quitting isn’t always about giving up. It is about redirecting ourselves towards our strengths and our passions