1100. Master Your Communication and Connection for Powerful Leadership and Business Growth with Lou Diamond

The Kelly Roach Show

Kelly Roach

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5 • 928 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Making sales and maintaining business growth all comes down to one thing: effectively communicating with your audience.

In this episode of The Kelly Roach Show, we welcome Lou Diamond, an expert in communication and connection, to discuss the transformative Speakeasy Method. Lou shares how mastering the way we engage in conversations can revolutionize sales, leadership, and business success.

We dive into the six core principles of the method, uncovering how curiosity, active listening, and authenticity drive real, lasting connections. Whether you're leading a team, selling a product, or growing your business, this conversation will give you the tools to make every interaction count.

If you’ve ever struggled with making a lasting impact in conversations, this episode will provide practical strategies to change that.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

Why every meaningful connection starts with a great conversation
The biggest mistake sales teams make—and how to fix it
How curiosity and asking better questions can 10x your influence
Why your energy level impacts your success in sales and leadership
How to unleash your unique strengths to connect and convert more effectively
The role of storytelling in building trust and influence
Practical exercises to improve your conversational skills today

Timestamps:

1:50 – Why every connection begins with a good conversation
3:46 – The #1 mistake sales teams make—and how to correct it
5:42 – The power of curiosity: asking vs. telling
8:26 – The "Be Super" principle: why energy and enthusiasm matter
10:29 – How to reset your energy between meetings to stay engaged
10:45 – Why leaders must apply these principles to their teams, not just their customers
13:15 – Storytelling as a tool for connection and influence
15:30 – How to instantly improve your conversations with one simple shift

Resources:

Connect with Lou Diamond: https://www.thriveloud.com/
Speak Easy book: https://www.amazon.com/Speak-Easy-Connect-Every-Conversation/dp/177458185X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=speak%20easy%20lou%20diamond&qid=1651769270&sr=8-1
ThriveLoud Productions: https://www.thriveloud.com/thrive-loud-productions
Profit Push Workshop: https://go.virtualbusinessschool.com/profitpush?am_id=kelly9588
Bigger Than You Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/Bigger-Than-You-Audiobook/B0DMR2FB2P?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Kelly Roach Show, the place for no fluff, easy to implement 20 minute or less
0:11.4	business and leadership lessons to help you build a sustainable business that scales.
0:17.3	Lead with integrity and create a lasting legacy.
0:21.7	I'm Kelly Roach, former NFL cheerleader and Fortune 500 executive turned eight-figure entrepreneur.
0:27.8	Let's get started.
0:29.1	Welcome back. This is The Kelly Roach Show, and I am excited to have Lou Diamond here with me today.
0:33.6	Hey, Lou.
0:34.7	Excited to be here, Kelly. This is going to be fun.
0:57.2	We're going to talk about the speak easy method today. We're going to talk about connecting, converting. We're going to talk about how to make podcasting such a more powerful part of building your business and your brand. You have been helping companies all over the world to have more success in every conversation, in sales, in communication. How did you land on doing this work?
1:00.0	Great question. I've always been pretty chatty, not going to lie. But I also recognized
1:06.2	in my whole career of sales that I was obsessed with connecting with people. Connection was always the thing that
1:12.7	I was about, whether I was a young kid trying to connect different groups of friends, to being
1:17.8	in business and trying to connect the work that I was doing and help companies better network,
1:23.0	to helping in sales and connecting to all the different clients and trying to grow the business.
1:27.1	Connection has always been a key part.
1:29.1	And I've been so obsessed with it that I kind of wanted to figure out where every connection
1:34.3	begins.
1:35.8	And that obsession led to a lot of the work that I do, a lot of the speaking that I talked about,
1:41.0	and I drilled down to it.
1:41.9	And it came down to one really simple place.
1:45.0	Every connection in our lives begins with a good conversation.
1:49.0	Every time we connect with someone, it started with a good conversation.
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