Hello everyone,
I would like to share an email I received today from Grace, one of my private coaching clients here in Toronto. (I have her permission to share this.) Before I do I just want to give you a little background on her. She has been transferred here from Shanghai, China, and works for a large financial institution.
In addition to working with me to improve her English (which by the way is already really good) I coach Grace on interpersonal and professional communication skills.
Currently Grace is enrolled in a fun, dynamic Dale Carnegie course, which I fully support. However, I had the opportunity and ability to take her DC training further, by adding to what she was learning and advising her on how to improve her public speaking. (There are advantages to one-to-one training over large group workshops, right?)
Here is the unedited email I received today:
Thanks a lot, Ric!
I can't wait to share the great news with you that I won the
Breakthrough Award yesterday at my Carnegie's class!
I did restructure my story as you suggested and applied the body
language you taught me. My classmates were very impressed and voted
me as the winner of the night. I think the credit goes to you.
Without your help and inspiration, I would never get there. Thanks
so much!!!
Grace
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No Grace, thank YOU for being a hard-worker and a brave public speaker in English as a second language. It is not easy. Keep up the good work in your DC class as well as in our coaching sessions!
Coach Ric
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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2 comments:
As a graduate of Dale Carnegie, I can attest to how it improved communication skills for myself.
That being said, it was a starting point. I have had many people influence and improve my communication skills over the years. I am still not perfect and have a lot to learn.
I have had the luxury of one on one coaching and as Ric indicates, because it was more focused and the coach was able to spend time just on myself, I improved much quicker than Dale Carnegie.
That being said, having Dale Carnegie allowed the coach to focus on areas that need improvement and not worry about concepts I had grasped from Dale Carnegie.
Each has their place.
-mike.
Well said. Thank you.
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