Leadership Communication Coaching
Angie Flynn-McIver
For several years, I sent out a blog to readers a few times a week. These posts gave pointers about how to practice, shared relevant stories, and provided a way for people to connect with my coaching approach. In 2022, I wrote my book, Before You Say Anything, which brought many of these ideas together in one place. The blog posts have continued to resonate with clients and readers, and they're useful as a quick reminder, so I'm including them here!
Vanilla, as an ice cream flavor, is delightful.
But vanilla as a concept meaning bland and boring, is not delightful. Vanilla = mediocre, average. Vanilla doesn’t take up space. Vanilla is invisible.
When you’re speaking to a group, do you aspire to vanilla? Do you want to blend in, to be unremarkable?
Or do you want to stand out, make change, move the audience? Do you want them to remember your ideas, or is it okay just to get through your talk?
What’s beyond vanilla?
Angie Flynn-McIver coaches senior leaders and keynote speakers to communicate with clarity, impact, and self-awareness. Her background in professional theatre directing gives her work a distinctive edge: she understands performance and what it takes to hold a room. She is the author of Before You Say Anything, co-founder of the award-winning North Carolina Stage Company, and holds both a PCC credential from the International Coaching Federation and an M.S. in Organizational Development and Leadership.
Angie Flynn-McIver Leadership Communication
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