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Leadership
Yoke

Why you should adapt your message to your audience every time

While waiting for a hotel room in Dubai, I received a last-minute booking to speak at the Association’s Indaba, where I had to quickly adapt my message to address the unique challenges associations face. Drawing on my leadership experience with Toastmasters and the Professional Speakers Association, I crafted a talk that offered actionable strategies for improving member engagement and driving conversions.

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Executive Coaching
Yoke

Change the meaning by changing the frame

“Master the art of reframing to transform difficult conversations into productive outcomes. At Y-Connect, we help teams replace negative language with solution-focused communication, easing tensions and enhancing client relationships.”

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Life Coaching
Yoke

How to climb a mountain or go for a stretch goal?

I often train, coach, and advise leaders who struggle with procrastinating teams because they see their targets or goals as too large. They fear that they wouldn’t be good enough or that they wouldn’t reach it, so instead of starting, they don’t even begin.

Today a year ago, I was hiking from Papingo in Greece to the Refuge in Astraka Refuge in Greece. I’d love to give you some ideas about going for those stretch goals, through our lessons from hiking to the Refuge in Greece.

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