3 Ways Improving Your Speaking Skills Can Help You Succeed in Your Career

Speaking with clarity and confidence is a goal for many professionals, and for good reason!

Learning to speak in a clear, concise and confident way, will undeniably strengthen the impact you have on those around you.

In this Blog we’re covering 3 reasons why improving your speaking skills can help you succeed in your career or business.

Let’s Jump in!

You can get your ideas across effectively

In our fast paced business world, the more you are able to get your ideas across effectively and efficiently, the greater the chances of those ideas being accepted and adopted.

When you work on your speaking skills, ideally, you’re focusing on both the content and the delivery. By focusing on your content you’re learning to master your message. And this is incredibly important because if you are not able to clearly and concisely articulate your ideas you end up rambling, using over complicated language, and over explaining yourself. And in all cases, your message and your ideas get watered down. When you don’t know the right way to structure your message, you’re allowing it to come across as a disorganized and incoherent mess, and this allows other people, whether its your coworkers, your customers, or your leaders, to doubt your ability to convey your ideas effectively, and ultimately, doubt in your ideas altogether. 

So, Takeaway #1: When you learn to improve your speaking skills by mastering your message, you boost the opportunity for your ideas to be relayed in a clear, concise manner allowing others to understand your ideas and improve the chances of them being accepted. 

You Improve Your Credibility in the Workplace

Your communication skills and your credibility are closely linked. How you communicate influences how others perceive you, and improving your speaking skills from both a content and delivery standpoint allows you to build trust and belief from your audience – whether that’s an audience of 1 or 100. We already know that learning to master your message helps to convey your ideas effectively. And learning to deliver that message with conviction demonstrates confidence and credibility as a professional. In fact, you will find that people will pay closer attention to what you say, are more likely to remember what you said, and will have greater confidence in your ideas as a whole.

Takeaway #2:  Improving your speaking skills by crafting and delivering a clear and confident message, builds others’ trust and belief in you and your ideas. 

Build your reputation as an expert in your industry.

Last but certainly not least, improving your speaking skills improves you reputation as an expert in the industry. When you develop your speaking skills you build greater confidence in yourself and have a tendency to practice and apply your new skills more frequently. The more you speak up, share your ideas, your thoughts, and your opinions within the workplace, in the board room or on stage, the more you will continue to build your expertise and demonstrate this expertise to others around you. Over time, you begin to form a reputation as an expert or a thought leader in your industry or within your company. As you gain the status and confidence of a thought leader or expert, it improves your chances of being respected and elevated within your role, within your company or within your field. 

Takeaway #3: The more you speak up and share your ideas and opinions, the more you will build your reputation as a thought leader in your industry, improving your chances of gaining respect and elevating your role. 

There you have it! 3 ways improving your speaking skills can boost your career success. 

If you struggle to keep your message clear and concise  – You’re not alone! I have a free template for you to print off so you can prepare and practice next time you’re going into a meeting or a conversation. Grab yours here!