How to master executive communication skills to accelerate your career

In this 76th episode of Think Deeply, Speak Simply, leadership expert Michael Timms reveals how effective communication fosters true accountability at work. He explains why accountability is about ownership, not blame, and how leaders can replace micromanagement with empowerment. This conversation offers practical insights and tools to help you model accountability, encourage responsibility, and build a culture of shared ownership on your team.

Data can and should be used to share vital information, compel audiences and tell effective stories. Our guests, Brent Dykes and Yasser Ali, are both masters at leveraging data-driven storytelling. They share their own methods and best practices to be a skilled statistical narrator, as well as what not to do when presenting data to all types of audiences.

Right questions come before the right answers, but how do you know if you are asking the right questions? In this episode, we'll learn from author Joseph M. Bradley and Jennifer Lowry, Senior Director at Microsoft, how we can use questions as a superpower to craft our communications.

Visual storytelling is more than painting pictures in our audiences’ minds. It is the ability to evoke emotions and motivate people to action. In this episode, Dan Roam and Moupali Das teach us how to craft our story and deliver it effectively to keep our audiences engaged, excited, and asking for more.

In our inaugural episode, we'll hear from Canva's Chief Evangelist, Guy Kawasaki, and Mohit Raway, VP at Novartis, about how they connect with the hearts and minds of their audiences.

What does transparent communication truly mean, and how do we self-critique to see if we’re practicing it? In this episode, we are joined by Mayte Marquez Querol, the Emerging Talent and Apprentice Incubator Leader at Cisco. Mayte shares how we can practice transparency in how we deliver our message to different audiences, and in how we embody authenticity as speakers.

Visual storytelling transcends the power of mere words by conveying our message with greater impact and efficiency. Mastering this presentation skill allows one to captivate the attention of the viewer, which in turn increases engagement, and content retention. In this episode, we hear from the Founder of Milani Creative, PJ Milani..

In this 75th episode of Think Deeply, Speak Simply, Drew Logan, Commercial Strategy Leader at Medtronic, shares practical strategies on how AI is reshaping the Future of Sales. In this engaging conversation with Rajat Mishra, CEO and Founder of Prezent, Drew explores how AI is being leveraged for lead scoring, sales forecasting, pipeline management, and even in groundbreaking clinical innovations like Medtronic’s GI Genius. He also addresses common misconceptions about AI and offers guidance on how leaders can overcome internal resistance to AI adoption.

Business transformation is the process by which companies change their structure or operations to become more efficient and effective. But how does communication influence business transformation? In this episode, we hear from the VP in the Transformation Office at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, David Stone.

A world of possibilities emerges when we shift our focus from delivering a message to reflecting on what questions to ask. However, sometimes the fastest route to asking better questions comes from self-awareness and focusing on our mindset about the task. In this episode, we hear from Marilee Adams, author of "Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 12 Powerful Tools for Leadership, Coaching, and Results."