Today's guest on the Transformational Pathways Podcast is Brenee Robinson, CPA and Acquisitions Expert at Institutional Advisory Group. Brenee is a long-time Toastmasters member. Although she was a passive member of Toastmasters in college, witnessing her brother deliver an impromptu speech inspired her to rediscover Toastmasters. The decision to become an active member taught her valuable communication skills. With her confidence in public speaking growing, Brenee eventually became the president of the Harlem Toastmasters Chapter. This experience really allowed her to come out of her shell and embrace leadership opportunities at work and even in other community-building clubs like Rotary.
HIGHLIGHTS
06:43 Rediscovering Toastmasters and becoming active in pursuing roles
11:33 Growing confident through public speaking and developing leadership
19:09 Brenee embraces leadership and wins the presidency of her chapter
27:12 Using the lessons of Toastmasters and applying it to the workplace
30:27 The role of mentorship in creating strong leaders
QUOTES
08:20 "He tells stories about his childhood growing up in Jamaica because he lived with our grandparents when he was young. So he told stories. And when he came down and he sat back next to me, I'm like, how did you do that, Jason? He's like, Toastmasters."
09:33 "He definitely learned the technique of telling personal stories. Again, he just spoke warmly of his childhood and what it meant to him and what she meant to people in the community. And it felt like he was having a conversation with the audience."
16:44 "Management is managing processes and things and leadership is empowering others and reach their potential."
28:33 "I would definitely say if you want to go far in your career, if you want to reach your potential and you want to go fast, I say join Toastmasters. It's going to teach you a lot of skills that transition into the workplace."
31:25 "You'll go further and faster if we have great mentorship if you have a support system if you have a team. And that transitions into the workplace."
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