Are you the new kid on the block and no one knows who you are at work? It can be
intimidating introducing yourself, having a really good intro is a key way to get
over that hump and make a real good first impression. Hi, my name is Adriana
Girdler, I'm president of CornerStone Dynamics and a productivity expert and
in this video I'm going to share with you some tips on how to make an
excellent intro when you're introducing yourself for the first time. Be confident!
Before you even start speaking introducing yourself, how you feel really
has impact on how others see you so you really want to be confident. Now what
happens if you're not feeling confident at the time that you're being introduced to
someone? Well, we're gonna fake it till you make it and here's some tried and
true techniques that you can do in order to feel more confident. Smile would be
the first thing, when we're smiling we welcome people into our space and what a
lovely way to be introduced to someone when they're smiling. Remember all those
times you met someone for the first time and they had a frown on their face, what
was your first impression of them? Probably not a great one and you
probably didn't want to approach them again afterwards so smile. Another thing
you can do to really exude confidence is to have eye contact,
particularly when you're new to the job, you may not feel like you have the
authority or the expertise and you know, you may see someone and they're higher up
and then you kind of look downwards and you're not really talking to them and
you're also getting quiet, guess what? Have the confidence, speak to people
face-to-face, eye-to-eye, it shows that you're into what they're saying and they
will be back at you but it also exudes the confidence that you need and
use the right tone of voice, don't speak softly, use the right voice, don't yell
but use the right tone to show what you're passionate about which really is
yourself, you're here ,I want introduce who I am to you
so those turn up the confidence level, turn on that switch, it makes a huge
difference before you even say anything. Be brief,
an introduction is not meant to be a long-winded story, if someone is really
interested in you they will want to know more you just want to get them intrigued
so they ask the question: Hey, can you tell me more? So say your name, where you're from
and a quick little tagline as to who you are and what you do, you may have to
think about this, write it down, practice it a few times,
but it does make a big difference because then people want to know more
about you and they will open up that conversation. Be yourself,
you don't have to pretend to be anyone but you. You are perfect the way you are
and people will be attracted to that if you really are connected to who you are
so a really good example of this is I was at a course, this is years ago, and
there were tons of other executives and I introduced myself and in that
introduction I was being myself and at that point in time I was really focusing
on being authentic and doing a lot of self inward reflection and personal
growth so that was something that really resonated with me at the time and I
actually said it I said who I was my name I said I mean one thing I'm really
focusing on is how to be more authentic and live the life that I want to live
and that was a pretty unusual answer that long time ago (I think was over ten
years ago that I did that) but that being said, it intrigued people and afterwards
I had two people specifically come up to me, one that actually became a client who
said, your answer made me want to learn more about you. So be yourself, don't
worry about anything else but who you are and be authentic. State the basics,
going back to basics, really important so when you're being introduced sometimes
it's hard because you're kind of on the fly, you weren't expecting it, or sometimes we
just get nervous so remember, state your name, be very
clear with it, state what department you're from or the organization that
you're at and they usually ask kind of one introductory questions sometimes if
you're in a workshop setting but if they don't just state why you're at the
meeting, like, I'm here to provide this insight from this group. Boom, you're done,
don't go into a longer story because sometimes when we get nervous we speak
more than we normally would so be brief and be specific, close out your
introduction, so what do I mean by that? Everything has a start, middle and an end
no matter how short it is or how long so when you're introducing yourself we
already talked about being brief and being confident and eye contact and all
that fun stuff and stating who you are and why you need to be there. Close it
off, either say, I can't wait to work with all of you if it's a larger group or if
it's one-on-one perhaps ask them who they are and how they are going to
contribute to whatever it is that you're doing or how you can help them but you
want to close it out, to end it, not just leaving it hanging, like: Hey, I'm this
person! What? Okay... next! Close it out, it just allows for smoothness to the
conversation and it can flow into something that is really good, like my
example before, I actually got clients from that introduction because I closed
it off so whether you're meeting someone in the hallway for the first time or
you're at a meeting, knowing how to introduce yourself is really key to
making that good first impression and knowing that you are a resource that
people can go to. Those are all the things you're setting yourself up for in
the working world. If you would like more information on this topic, guess what? I
have some amazing pocket books you can go to that talked about empowerment,
great meetings and all that fun stuff that allows you to be better at what you
do, so tell me who you are please in the comments below, I would love to meet you.
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