Best Doug Staneart Podcasts (2025)

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How to Win High Level Shortlist Interviews (Sales Presentations) Part 6 19:55

17d ago19:55

19:55

This is episode six of our 12-episode series on how to win group sales presentations. For the last couple of weeks, we talked about how a case study is a story or example of how you've helped other clients solve similar problems to what this client has. And we showed how these stories help you show your experience to the buying committee throughout…

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How to Win High Level Shortlist Interviews (Sales Presentations) Part 5B 20:38

23d ago20:38

20:38

This is 2nd half of episode five of our 12-episode series on how to win shortlist presentations or other types of group sales presentations. Last week, we talked about how a case study is a story or example of how you've helped other clients solve problems similar to those of this client. They are also fantastic ways to make details in your present…

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How to Win High Level Shortlist Interviews (Sales Presentations) Part 5 23:22

30d ago23:22

23:22

This is episode five of our 12-week series on how to win shortlist presentations or other types of group sales presentations. Last week, we talked about how you can change the way that you introduce each team member when you present so that you edify each other and build their confidence. This week, we're going to cover how to get really, really go…

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How to Win High Level Shortlist Interviews (Sales Presentations) Part 4 20:07

1M ago20:07

20:07

This is episode four of our 12-week series on how to win shortlist presentations or other types of group sales presentations. Last week, I gave you ten things you can do when preparing or delivering these presentations that will help you keep calm and poised. I also talked about how, in shortlist presentations, it is important to "dig your well bef…

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How to Win High Level Shortlist Interviews (Sales Presentations) Part 3 25:32

2M ago25:32

25:32

This is episode three of our 12-week series on how to win shortlist presentations or other types of group sales presentations. Last week, I briefly overviewed the five biggest secrets I've discovered about these high-level sales presentations. These secrets are the things that have allowed us to win over 80% of the interviews that teams that I have…

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How to Win High Level Shortlist Interviews (Sales Presentations) Part 2 32:31

2M ago32:31

32:31

This is episode two of our 12-week series on how to win shortlist presentations or other types of group sales presentations. Last week, I explained what these presentations were and how I first got exposed to them. Just as a review, a Shortlist Presentation or Shortlist Interview is a very high-level sales presentation. Companies will often submit …

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How to Win High-Level Shortlist Interviews (Sales Presentations) Part 1 22:17

2M ago22:17

22:17

This week, we start a new series on how to win Shortlist Presentations or Shortlist Interviews. Basically, this is a very high level sales presentation. Companies will often submit a proposal to a potential customer or client. The potential customer or client will weed through all of the proposals to create what they call a "shortlist." Then, the r…

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Christmas and Holiday Team Building Ideas 19:13

2M ago19:13

19:13

Happy Halloween week everyone! Since the holiday season is right around the corner, I thought it might be a good idea to cover a few Christmas team building ideas. We are just a few weeks away from Thanksgiving here in the United States. And then, the hustle and bustle of the Christmas and Hannukah season will sneak up on you if you aren't careful.…

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Deliver Presentations So That Your Audience Perceives You as the Expert 19:09

2M ago19:09

19:09

One of the real fears that many speakers have is that they don't feel like they are an "expert" on the topic. It actually leads to what some people call imposter syndrome. In this episode, I'm going to help you reduce that anxiety. Especially in the business world, if you are the person speaking, then, most likely, it is because you know more about…

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How to Know if Someone (A Politician for Instance) Is Manipulating You - Part 3 of 3 27:57

2M ago27:57

27:57

This is part three of a three part series on how to know if someone is manipulating you. In the first two episodes, I talked about the three steps of manipulation. Step one is to put the person being manipulated into an emotional state. Typically, the manipulator will get you angry or create fear in the victim. Step two is to create both a villain …

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How to Know if Someone (A Politician for Instance) Is Manipulating You - Part 2 of 3 38:32

3M ago38:32

38:32

This is part two of a three part series on how to know if someone is manipulating you. Last week, we talked about the first step in manipulation which is creating and emotional response. So, as you listen to the rest of the series, set your emotion aside. I'll give a ton of different types of examples. Each of the examples that I give are situation…

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A Few Ways to Make Your Presentations More Interesting for Your Audience Part 4 of 4 19:27

3M ago19:27

19:27

This is part four of a four-part series on how to make your presentations more interesting. So far, we spent the first couple of weeks cover my seven "impact ideas" which are fun things to add into presentations to jazz them up. Last week, we cover audience participation. In that episode I covered a few mistakes that presenters make when they try t…

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How to Know if Someone (A Politician for Instance) Is Manipulating You Part 1 of 3 34:37

3M ago34:37

34:37

The Presidential Elections of 2024 are next month. And every election year, politicians make a lot of promises and demonize the other candidate. In 2020, just for fun, I did a series on How to Manipulate People and the Signs of a Con Artist. If you recall, in 2020, there was a ton of political speech, social media, new reports, and the like that, i…

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A Few Ways to Make Your Presentations More Interesting for Your Audience Part 3 of 4 24:09

3M ago24:09

24:09

This is part three of a four-part series on how to make your presentations more interesting. This week, we cover audience participation -- how to get your audience to help you deliver your presentation. When you do audience participation well, you can really elevate your presentations! In the last couple of weeks, I mentioned that there are two maj…

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A Few Ways to Make Your Presentations More Interesting for Your Audience Part 2 of 4 15:09

3M ago15:09

15:09

This is part two of a four-part series on how to make your presentations more interesting. If you recall, last week, I mentioned that there are two major components of a fantastic speech. First, you have to have good content that the audience wants or needs to hear. And second -- and this is the part that many presenters overlook -- you have to hav…

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A 100 Year Opportunity to Build Wealth Is Here Part 3 of 3 35:19

4M ago35:19

35:19

This is part three of a three-part series on how to build wealth. If you haven't listened to the first two episodes in this series, make sure to listen to those two episodes first. This week's episode will really give you the meat of how to build wealth. But in the first week, I showed how in order to become wealthy, you have to change your mindset…

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A Few Ways to Make Your Presentations More Interesting for Your Audience Part 1 of 4 16:00

4M ago16:00

16:00

We've spent the last few months covering ways to reduce nervousness and the last couple of weeks uncovering a few low-risk venues to practice presenting. For the next few weeks, I'm going to show you how to make your presentations more fun and interesting. There are two major components of a fantastic speech. First, you have to have good content th…

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Low Risk Venues to Practice Public Speaking Part 2 of 2 22:00

4M ago22:00

22:00

This is part two of a two-part series about low-risk venues where you can practice public speaking. In the introduction last week, I mentioned that the absolute best place to practice public speaking is in a public speaking class with a great coach. A good public speaking class is a controlled environment, so the risk is very low. However, over the…

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A 100 Year Opportunity to Build Wealth Is Here Part 2 of 3 13:59

4M ago13:59

13:59

This is part two of a three-part series on how to build wealth. If you haven't listened to last week's episode yet, make sure to stop the recording and listen to that episode first. Last week, I showed how, in order to become wealthy, you have to change your mindset. That step is critical. As a review, building wealth involves three simple steps. T…

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A 100 Year Opportunity to Build Wealth Is Here Part 1 of 3 35:05

5M ago35:05

35:05

A couple of years ago, I covered a topic on the show about how to build wealth. At the time, we were in the process of coming out of the pandemic, and the economy was growing like gangbusters. The episode series gave three simple steps -- simple but not easy because each step takes a lot of discipline. I covered the topic because I knew that, based…

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Low Risk Venues to Practice Public Speaking Part 1 of 2 31:51

5M ago31:51

31:51

One of the most common questions that I get as a public speaking coach is, "Where can I go to practice speaking?" It is usually a good idea to practice your presentation skills somewhere that is more low risk than in front of a big client, or your boss, or the board of directors. Obviously, I'm pretty biased, but with good reason. I believe that th…

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Improving Communicate with Different Generations in the Workplace 32:50

5M ago32:50

32:50

This week, I cover a slightly lighter topic. I started researching this topic about a year and a half ago, and what I found out was fascinating. One of my customers asked me to put together a workshop on the communication styles of the different generations in the workplace. As I put it together, I started to realize that there is a reason why Mill…

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Reduce Nervousness Just before You Go on Stage 25:21

5M ago25:21

25:21

We just finished a series on public speaking fear and how to reduce nervousness during a speech. This week, I discuss how to better prepare for your presentation. For most people, the absolute most nervous part of the speech -- the place where they feel the most uncomfortable -- is right as they step foot in front of the audience. That nervousness …

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How to Generate New Customers by Networking Part 2 of 2 18:24

5M ago18:24

18:24

If you've seen the news or any business publications lately, that impending recession that everyone has been warning about is here. But, you don't have to participate in it. This is part two of a two-part series on how to find new customers by networking. Networking (word-of-mouth advertising) is the absolute most cost-effective way to generate new…

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How to Generate New Customers by Networking Part 1 of 2 18:38

5M ago18:38

18:38

For the last few weeks, I've talked about the looming recession and how you don't have to participate in it. Last week, and the week before, I gave you some tips about how cold calling doesn't work -- especially in a recession. And we talked about a few simple ways that you can generate more customers in a recession. In fact, a couple of weeks ago,…

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Public Speaking Fear - Part 3 of 3 24:16

5M ago24:16

24:16

This is part 3 of a three-part series on public speaking fear. If you've been with us for the last few weeks, I started by explaining the difference between glossophobia and public speaking fear. In those episodes, we basically discovered that glossophobia is an unreasonable fear of public speaking that keeps people from presenting in the first pla…

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Get More Customers for Your Small Business in a Recession - Part 3 of 3 31:40

6M ago31:40

31:40

This is part three of a three-part series on how to build small business revenue during a recession. This series is a follow up to the episode a few weeks ago where I talked about how the recession that everyone has been talking about is already here. And my goal is to show you how you don't have to participate in the recession. A couple of weeks a…

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Public Speaking Fear - Part 2 of 3 20:19

6M ago20:19

20:19

This is part 2 of a three-part series on public speaking fear. If you've been with us for the last few weeks, I started by explaining the difference between glossophobia and public speaking fear. In those episodes, we discovered that glossophobia is an unreasonable fear of public speaking that keeps people from presenting in the first place. Last w…

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Get More Customers for Your Small Business in a Recession - Part 2 of 3 18:43

6M ago18:43

18:43

In the last episode, I covered a few small business lead generation mistakes that, if you eliminate them, you can increase sales and revenue for your company (even in a recession.) This series is a follow-up to the episode a few weeks ago where I talked about how the recession that everyone has been talking about is already here. And my goal is to …

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Public Speaking Fear - Part 1 of 3 23:48

6M ago23:48

23:48

In the last couple of episodes, I covered the difference between Glossophobia and just normal, everyday public speaking nervousness. In the episode, I'm going to delve more deeply into where public speaking fear comes from. I'll talk a lot about triggers that make people more nervous when they stand up to speak because if you know what is causing y…

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Get More Customers for Your Small Business in a Recession - Part 1 of 3 14:04

6M ago14:04

14:04

In the last episode, I covered details about how a huge recession (maybe even depression) is not only imminent, but I believe has already started. I even started the episode by talking about how I usually like to be uplifting and positive, but the topic was so heavy that it is difficult, as a small business owner, to keep positive when we are confr…

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Glossophobia Definition and How to Conquer It - Part 2 of 2 12:44

6M ago12:44

12:44

In the last episode, I covered the difference between Glossophobia and just normal, everyday public speaking nervousness. In summary, everyone gets some nervousness when they stand up to speak in front of a group. However, a phobia is an irrational fear. So, if the fear is extreme or irrational, your fear may be a full-blown phobia. On this episode…

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The Recession of 2024 Is Likely to Begin on July 1, 2024 27:13

7M ago27:13

27:13

I usually like to cover topics that are uplifting and positive. But this week, I have to spread the word about something very dier. If you are a small business owner or know a small business owner, please, please, please forward this episode to as many people as you can. I'm not trying to be dramatic, but the Department of Labor has just published …

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How to Overcome Glossophobia (An Irrational Fear of Public Speaking) 18:01

7M ago18:01

18:01

For the next couple of weeks, I will cover a quick series on Glossophobia and public speaking fear. This week, I explain the difference between the two forms of presentation jitters and give you a few tips to help. Then, over the next couple of weeks, I'll cover more details on things that you can do to calm your nerves and become a more poised and…

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How to Deliver a Proposal to Management with Confidence 21:57

8M ago21:57

21:57

We are continuing our series on how to create great presentations. If you remember last week, I mentioned how one of the major ways to reduce public speaking fear is to design a fantastic speech. If your presentation is not that good, you will definitely be way more nervous when you present. Last week, I talked about how to deliver business proposa…

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Leaders Embrace Pivotal Moments for Success Interview with Boo Boucousis 26:27

8M ago26:27

26:27

This week I interview a very fun High Impact Leader, Christian Boucousis who is an ex-fighter pilot who now owns a fantastic team building and speaking company called Afterburner. He is a real-life Top Gun. Just like in the movies, Christian's friends and team members call him by his call sign "Boo." After spending some time with Boo, I'm not sure …

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Create a Business Proposal Presentation 27:57

8M ago27:57

27:57

For the last few weeks, I've covered a number of topics about how to create great presentations. And on social media, I've received a few questions like, "What does a presentation design have to do with public speaking fear?" The answer is simple. If you try to deliver a terrible speech to any audience, you'll be way more nervous. However, if you d…

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Five Steps to Build a Solid Team from the Ground Up (6 of 6) 30:11

8M ago30:11

30:11

This is the final episode in our six-part series called Five Steps to Build a Solid Team from the Ground Up. So far in the series, we covered steps 1-4 including creating a cohesive vision for your team, building trust, dealing with conflict better, and then, last week, how to build a cooperative team that is synergistic. Just to quickly review las…

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A Simple Three-Step Process to Help You Persuade Your Audience 31:25

8M ago31:25

31:25

For the last few weeks, I've covered techniques that you can use to design better presentations. We talked about ways to start a speech first. Then, we covered how to design a good presentation. Next, we covered how to end a presentation. For the next couple of episodes, though, I'm going to share a few secrets about designing presentations that ma…

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Five Steps to Build a Solid Team from the Ground Up (5 of 6) 24:31

8M ago24:31

24:31

This is part five of a six-part series called the Five Steps to Build a Solid Team from the Ground Up. In the first few episodes, I discussed the importance of having a solid mission and vision for your organization so that everyone is on the same page. Next, we discussed the importance of building solid trust and developing rapport among team memb…

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An Easy Way to Introduce Yourself When You Start a Presentation 29:22

9M ago29:22

29:22

For the last few episodes, I've shown you how to start a speech, how to design a speech, and, last week, how to end a speech. But before we end this series, I wanted to cover one often-overlooked part of creating a compelling presentation. Today, I'm going to show you how to introduce yourself to an audience so that your presentation starts off on …

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Five Steps to Build a Solid Team from the Ground Up (Part 4 of 6) 23:24

9M ago23:24

23:24

This is part four of a six-part series called the Five Steps to Build a Solid Team from the Ground Up. Last week, we discussed how important it is to build trust where your team likes and respects each other. This step is the foundation for building a team culture. If your team doesn't trust each other and doesn't trust management, nothing else tha…

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7 Professional Ways to End Your Speech 23:45

9M ago23:45

23:45

This week, we're continuing our series on how to design presentations that are more engaging for your audience. When your audience enjoys your speeches, they will give you positive feedback, which will boost your confidence. A couple of episodes ago, I showed you a few fun ways to start a speech. Last week, I showed you a simple way to design a spe…

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Five Steps to Build a Solid Team from the Ground Up (Part 3 of 6) 20:02

9M ago20:02

20:02

This is part three of a six-part series called the Five Steps to Build a Solid Team from the Ground Up. Last week, we covered how important it is to create a shared vision and goals for your team. I explained the difference between a corporate vision statement, a corporate mission statement, and corporate values. Each of these has a specific purpos…

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A Simple Way to Design a Presentation So You Are Less Nervous Presenting 22:21

9M ago22:21

22:21

Last week, we started a new series on how to design presentations that are more engaging for your audience. When your audience enjoys your speeches, they will give you positive feedback, which will boost your confidence. Last week,, we covered seven ways to start your speech. Today, we'll cover a simple three-step process for designing a great pres…

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Five Steps to Build a Solid Team from the Ground Up (Part 2 of 6) 35:16

9M ago35:16

35:16

This is part 2 of a six-part series called the Five Steps to Build a Solid Team from the Ground Up. Last week, I gave you an overview of all five steps. If you recall, I mentioned that this five-step process was like building a skyscraper. Everyone wants to visit the Penthouse once the building is completed. But there is a lot of work along the way…

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A Few Ways to Start a Presentation (Presentation Starters) to Win Over a Tough Audience 31:58

9M ago31:58

31:58

This week we're starting a new series on how to design presentations that are more engaging for your audience. When your audience enjoys your speeches, they will give you positive feedback. When that happens, you confidence will go up. In this session, we'll cover a few different ways to start a presentation effectively. What most presenters find i…

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Five Steps to Build a Solid Team from the Ground Up (Part 1 of 6) 17:49

9M ago17:49

17:49

Today, we are starting a new six-part series called the Five Characteristics of Highly Effective Teams. Today, I'm going to give an overview of the entire process. Hopefully, as we cover the different steps, you'll see a lot of resemblance to what you are experiencing within your own office. Think of this five-step process like building a skyscrape…

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Tips for Hybrid Workshops (Both In-Person and Virtual Attendees) 25:42

1y ago25:42

25:42

Last week, I recovered a few tips for better virtual training sessions where your entire group is participating through Zoom or Teams. This week, though, I'm covering tips to help you lead better hybrid training sessions. These are sessions where some of your team is sitting in a room with you while you teach, and others are participating virtually…

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Experience is NOT the Best Teacher (How to Shorten Your Learning Curve.) 16:24

1y ago16:24

16:24

On today's episode, I'm going to explore the concept of experience being the best teacher. It is true that people learn by doing. We've actually built our coaching practice on that concept. When a good coach helps someone develop a new skill and the person has a success, his or her confidence will grow. But the concept of experience being the best …

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