What are the three most common mistakes people make when they stand up and begin a speech? 

When you are initiating an important conversation are you selecting the words that will grab, and keep, your listener’s attention? Probably not.

Effective communication skills are important for everyone; public speakers, business owners, employees, moms and dads, wives and husbands. We all benefit by learning how to speak so others listen and stay engaged.

Everyone is bombarded by roughly 2500 claims on his or her attention every day, by means of television, Internet, advertising, phone calls and texts.  Today, we are speaking with Leadership and Communications Expert, Peter Meyers about his new book (co-authored by Shann Nix), As We Speak, How to Make Your Point and Have it Stick. Learn how simple changes to your vocabulary, facial expressions and mindset can help you to get your point across in a powerful and effective way.

Peter J. Meyers is the founder of Stand & Deliver Consulting Group, a company that trains leaders and their teams worldwide to achieve optimal levels of performance. He and his coaches have trained thousands of executives in 23 countries, for businesses including Cisco Systems, OMX, Hewlett Packard, Nestle, Firmenich, UBS, Bank of America, and BlackRock/iShares.

To develop his unique methodology, Peter welds expertise from the worlds of theater, film, martial arts and high performance sports, together with cutting edge information from the latest developments in neuroscience.