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Connie  Dieken

Connie Dieken

Keynote Speaker on Meaningful Influence & Presence

Connie Dieken

Keynote Speaker on Meaningful Influence & Presence

Biography

Connie Dieken is the founder of The Dieken Group—an executive coaching and consulting firm that specializes in influential leadership and presence in the spotlight.

She’s also the founder of Influence 360°, an assessment that measures an individual’s personal influence pattern and guides them on how to influence in even the toughest conditions.  

Connie developed her unique skills during twenty years as a TV journalist for ABC and NBC. She received five Emmy Awards®, two Telly Awards® and was inducted into the Radio/Television Broadcasters Hall of Fame®.

She’s also a top-selling author. Both her books, Talk Less, Say More and Become the Real Deal, hit #1 on the Amazon bestseller list. The audio version of Talk Less, Say More, narrated by Connie, also reached #1 on Audible’s bestseller list. 

A renowned keynote speaker, Connie has delivered speeches on four continents to audiences in the thousands. She talks about how to develop leadership influence and presence that lasts.

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Speech Topics

The Future of Your Leadership Influence: How to Lead Positive Change in a Disrupted, Divided World

Leadership influence is evolving faster than you realize. You now have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to shape transformative change in our post pandemic, pre-AI world. In this keynote, you’ll discover how to influence with integrity using a no-manipulation method to achieve positive, lasting results. And you’ll learn how to apply three habits that position you to expand and accelerate your leadership capabilities.

You’ll discover Connie’s Influence Cycle© methodology to accelerate your influence, including how to:

  • Connect with anyone through strategic context and common ground.
  • Convey bolder leadership messages with clarity and conviction.
  • Convince even the most resistant stakeholders to commit to positive change.

The result? You’ll accelerate your ability to lead positive change now and in the future.

Leading Change in the Age of AI: Accelerate Your Human Influence in the Face of Machine Learning

The rise of AI is transforming leadership dynamics. Machine learning is bringing the human side of leadership to the surface as leaders must integrate the present and the future.  It’s now or never with regards to elevating your leadership influence and your ability to shape transformative change. Rampant speculation on how AI will affect your industry is ushering in ethical dilemmas.

In this program, you’ll discover how to:

  • Adapt your leadership communication to gain openness and clarity amid the chaos.  
  • Advocate for diverse perspectives to align AI with the organization’s values and goals.
  • Accelerate your personal influence in the face of machine learning.

The result? You’ll learn how to deploy a modern influence blueprint that drives performance and profitability, now and in the future.

Own Your Presence: Stop Selling Yourself Short and Show Up As the Leader You Really Are

In this program, you’ll see there’s nothing more powerful than discovering the gap between how you want to be perceived and how you truly are. Close this gap and you’ll transform your ability to influence others and make things happen. Your presence is a promise of the value that you deliver, and you’ll dare to think of yourself in a new way because of this program.

You’ll apply the findings of The Presence Project© methodology, including how to boost your:

  • Inner Presence for a steadiness that doesn’t rise and fall with imposter syndrome.
  • Outer Presence so that others experience you at your best and gain true clout.
  • Verbal Presence to deliver clarity and conviction that transforms rhetoric into results.  

As a result, you’ll gain the presence, confidence, and clarity to be the purpose-driven leader you aspire to be.

Present to Win: Create Compelling Presentations That Influence Unwavering Commitment

Want to transform the way people respond to your ideas? Presentations are not about sharing information—they’re about creating commitment. Stop creating presentations and start influencing outcomes. In this program, you’ll discover the Present to Win® methodology that uses key performance indicators (KPIs) to shorten the time it takes to develop your material and ensure that your ideas gain unwavering commitment from your key stakeholders.

You’ll discover The Present to Win© methodology, including how to:

  • Define the metrics that open minds, overcome resistance, and drive positive decisions.
  • Develop a streamlined framework to produce crystal clear, compelling perspectives.
  • Deliver with confidence and conviction, even in front of the most challenging audiences.  

The result? You’ll walk away ready to open minds, simplify to amplify, and earn commitment. 

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