The same idea fades or wins over the room, depending on how it’s voiced.
You’ve held back an idea because a quicker colleague cut you off, and ten minutes later someone else said it, and it was heard. This module helps you make sure that doesn’t happen again: words that assert instead of apologizing, silence that adds weight, and the calm sentence that lets you see your idea through.
~20 min at your own paceKey skill: Public SpeakingAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites
What you’ll take away
- the chart of five barbed-wire words to swap for driving words
- three keys to presence—posture, eye contact, and silence—that speak first
- two reflexes to see your idea through, even when someone cuts you off
Who it’s for
Anyone who wants their ideas to be heard in meetings, in the room or on a video call.
Learning objectives
- Replace words that diminish you (“yes, but,” the conditional, the opening apology) with phrasing that asserts.
- Cut metadiscourse, the phrases that announce your point, and craft your first ten seconds.
- Build presence with posture, eye contact, breathing, and deliberate silence, in the room or on a video call.
- Speak up at the right moment, hold your ground when interrupted, and convince your first audience: yourself.
How does this module work?
The steps of the Adaptive module.
- Self-assessmentOn nine dimensions, to gauge current habits and guide the practice.
- Expert videoA ~10 min video with three pauses for reflection.
- Practice scenariosThe first two scenarios chosen from the self-assessment, then sixteen more, optional. Every answer gets feedback: what it leads to, and one way to improve.
- Dated commitmentOne action to try, written by the learner or chosen from the suggestions.
- Memo to downloadKey takeaways, questions, commitment, personal notes, and checklists.
Duration: ~20 min. Excluding bonus practice scenarios and optional in-depth content.
