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<v Speaker 1>Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of

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<v Speaker 1>performance through strong human relations, team building, and golajieving. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host Paul Fellovledo.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute Leadership Podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>It's episode three sixty one, and let me just hit

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<v Speaker 2>you with a tough but honest question right out of

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<v Speaker 2>the gate. What's your pitch and when's the last time

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<v Speaker 2>you updated it? Whether you're selling a product, an idea,

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<v Speaker 2>a strategy, or a vision, you are constantly in sales mode.

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<v Speaker 2>Leadership is sales. You're selling trust, direction, belief and buy

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<v Speaker 2>in every single day. But too many leaders out there

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<v Speaker 2>are still relying on the same tired pitch they were

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<v Speaker 2>using five years ago, sometimes even longer. So let's unpack that.

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<v Speaker 2>Back in the day, your pitch might have worked. Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>it was clear, confident, in convincing, But just like your wardrobe,

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<v Speaker 2>your pitch needs to change with the times. What work

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<v Speaker 2>then may now be outdated, irrelevant, or worse ignored. If

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<v Speaker 2>your message hasn't evolved, it's probably not connecting the way

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<v Speaker 2>that you think it is. And here's the truth. Your

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<v Speaker 2>audience has changed. Attention spans are shorter, expectations are higher,

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<v Speaker 2>skepticism is stronger, the workplace is more dynamic, and the

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<v Speaker 2>workforce is more diverse. So your pitch can't just be

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<v Speaker 2>about facts and figures anymore. It has to be real, honest, human,

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<v Speaker 2>and most of all relevant. Let's say you're pitching a

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<v Speaker 2>new strategy to your board of directors. You used to

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<v Speaker 2>walk in with a ten slide PowerPoint and a printed binder,

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<v Speaker 2>but now you better walk in with impact. Your first

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<v Speaker 2>two sentences should answer this, why now? And what's the value.

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<v Speaker 2>If you can't answer that in under thirty seconds, you've

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<v Speaker 2>lost your crowd. Or maybe you're trying to pitch your

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<v Speaker 2>company's mission to a new recruit. Are you still saying

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<v Speaker 2>we're like family or we're a leader in our industry?

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<v Speaker 2>Stop it. That's background noise. Now what people want is authenticity.

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<v Speaker 2>They want to hear what makes you different, not what

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<v Speaker 2>makes you blend in. Your new pitch better sound more like,

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<v Speaker 2>here's how we invest in our people, here's how we

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<v Speaker 2>treat each other, and here's what success looks like if

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<v Speaker 2>you join us. And here are three tactical takeaways for

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<v Speaker 2>updating your pitch. Number one audit it record yourself giving

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<v Speaker 2>your usual pitch, play it back like you're the customer,

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<v Speaker 2>recruit or board member. Be brutally honest. Would you be

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<v Speaker 2>sold on it? Number two, cut the fluff. Eliminate every buzzword,

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<v Speaker 2>cliche or filler word. You don't need to be clever,

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<v Speaker 2>You need to be clear, say it straight, and say

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<v Speaker 2>it fast, and last, tell the truth. We're past the

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<v Speaker 2>age of the polished brochure pitch. People want honesty. If

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<v Speaker 2>there's a challenge, say it. If you're fixing something, explain how.

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<v Speaker 2>If there's a win, share what it means to the team,

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<v Speaker 2>not just the balance sheet. So leadership pitches don't only

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<v Speaker 2>happen in meetings. They happen in elevators, during walking talks,

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<v Speaker 2>over coffee, or in one sentence emails. Every time you speak,

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<v Speaker 2>you're pitching something, your credibility, your ideas, your direction. So

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<v Speaker 2>ask yourself right now, what's your sales pitch? Is it sharp?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it relevant? Would you buy what you're selling? And

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<v Speaker 2>would your team? Because here's the deal. The best leaders

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<v Speaker 2>I've ever met know how to adapt their message. They

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<v Speaker 2>can read the room, change gears, and speak to the moment.

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<v Speaker 2>This has been the seven minute leadership podcast, and I

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<v Speaker 2>thank you for listening.

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<v Speaker 1>For more Paul fell of Alito podcasts, visit paulfellowalito dot

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