Become a better communicator: Specific frameworks to improve your clarity, influence, and impact | Wes Kao (coach, entrepreneur, advisor)
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Wes Kao (00:00:00): I think that most people assume that their boss has to manage them and they feel a little bit resentful that, why should I manage my boss? They're getting paid more. They are my manager. They have more responsibility....
The opener starts with biography before advice. That order makes the guest legible as a person before the listener extracts tactics.
municator: Specific frameworks to improve your clarity, influence, and impact | Wes Kao (coach, entrepreneur, advisor)" date: "2025-04-06" type: "podcast" guest: "Wes Kao" channel: "Lenny's Podcast"...
Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.
2:31): What a founder, pitching the company Twitter handle versus her own. Wes, thank you so much for being here. I had a blast and I'm excited for people to listen to this. Wes Kao (00:52:42): Thanks...
Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.
want to chat a bit about Seth Godin. I've been such a huge fan of his for, I don't know, a decade. I used to subscribe to his newsletter and I don't anymore, because it's an email every day and it's...
Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.
Lenny (00:51:49): Might just be. It's just like a explosion of flavor and sugar. Okay, well, we've reached the end of our chat. Wes, if it wasn't obvious, this was incredibly fun. I had so much fun chatting and learning from you. Two final questions. Where can folks find you online, learn more about you and or Maven, and then how can listeners be useful to you? Wes Kao (00:52:08): You can find me at @MavenHQ on Twitter, or at maven.com, or @wes_kao and weskao.com....
The ending stays curious after the formal conversation is almost done.