Turn Your Voice Into a Business Advantage

Turn Your Voice Into a Business Advantage

Video version: watch the full talk here YouTube: How You Speak Drives Your Success

In the first 10 seconds your audience decides if they will listen. They are asking, What is in it for me, why should I listen to this person? Knowledge alone is not enough. How you speak, your energy, clarity, and authenticity, determines whether your message connects or gets lost.

Why Your Voice Matters

Your voice is the bridge between you and your audience. If people cannot understand you, do not feel connected, or get bored, your results suffer. Strong delivery improves conversion, brand perception, and career growth.

Common voice roadblocks:

• Clarity issues, mumbling, closed-mouth speaking

• Strong accents that reduce intelligibility across cultures

• Monotone delivery and flat pacing

• Weak, breathy tone that signals low confidence

Fixing Mumbling and Closed-Mouth Speech

If you speak through closed teeth, your words get muffled. Solution:

• Drop your jaw and let the sound resonate.

• Imagine your audience is reading your lips, this helps you over enunciate.

• Check yourself on camera or in a mirror to see articulation in action.

Working With Your Accent

Your accent is part of your identity. Do not erase it, refine it for clarity, especially for international audiences.

• Slow down or, if needed, speed up slightly to match listener expectations.

• Enunciate more clearly and soften extreme melody swings.

• Practice problem sounds so consonants and vowels land cleanly.

• Aim for listeners to catch more than every third word.

Beating the Monotone

Monotone plus unchanging pace puts audiences to sleep.

• Add variety in pitch, pace, and volume.

• Sound happy when you are happy, serious when you are serious.

• Use vocal contrast to highlight key ideas and move emotions.

• Train vocal control so dynamics feel natural, not forced.

Strengthening a Weak or Breathy Voice

A soft, breathy tone can signal low authority.

• Strengthen your vocal cords to reduce excess air escape.

• Practice supported speaking, think steady airflow with engaged core.

• Use short daily drills to build stamina and clarity.

Audit Your Speaking With a Simple System

Record your presentations and review them objectively. Use a structured checklist to rate clarity, energy, pacing, melody, and emotional connection. Then target one improvement per week. Lisa’s five step analysis video is linked at the end of the YouTube description.

The Payoff

Your voice is a muscle and an instrument. When you tune it and learn to play it, you unlock opportunities that may be blocked right now. Anyone can improve communication with deliberate practice and coaching.

If you want tailored guidance, reach out for coaching or join a program. In the meantime, keep recording, reviewing, and refining.

Watch the video for the full breakdown: