HeyJaredConversations with Peacock Voices
A podcast about how communication sounds in real life. Interviews and mini-trainings to help you lead, persuade, and speak clearly.Host Margaret Izard Oskoui, CEO of Peacock Voices and a classically trained opera singer turned voice and communication coach, talks with…
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Conversation with Jennifer Staretorp (opens the original)
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Early in her career, Jennifer Staretorp had an intern who quietly believed Jennifer hated her. Not because of anything she’d said, but because of how she’d said it: short, efficient messages, no emojis, no warmth. Jennifer didn’t find out until much later. When she did, it landed like a cold bucket of water dumped on her. She’d learned in college, and again in business school, that professional communication was supposed to be stripped of emotion: formal, efficient, all business. That advice tur
Conversation with Angela Zentefis: Leading with Empathy and Authority (opens the original)
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Angela Zentefis has spent over 15 years leading HR through some of the hardest conversations an organization can have, from pandemic era layoffs to policy negotiations at Northwestern University. In this episode, she tells Margaret about the moment a senior leader called out her voice for giving away her power mid-sentence, and how that changed the way she reads a room and leads with empathy and authority at the same time. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other su
Conversation with Lieve Hendren: Joy Is A Prerequisite (opens the original)
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Conversation with Lieve Hendren: Joy Is A Prerequisite What does a Mozart violin concerto have to do with surviving a hostile board meeting? More than you'd think. In this episode, Margaret sits down with Workflow Coach Lieve Hendren to explore the surprising overlap between vocal performance and high-stakes leadership communication. Lieve shares how years of panic attacks before presentations — despite being a trained singer — led her to discover that joy isn't a reward you earn at the end of a
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