We all know great communication is more than just what you say—it’s how you say it, how you show up, and how you make others feel. Whether you’re leading a meeting, sending an email, or jumping on a Zoom call, your body language, tone, and presence send powerful signals. The good news? These skills can be learned, practiced, and mastered.
My special guest today is Kristin Bock, and she’s simplifying how to be a better communicator. If you want to enhance clarity, confidence, and connection in every interaction—both in person and online—this conversation is for you.
Here’s how.
My special guest today is Kristin Bock and she’s simplifying how to be a better communicator.
We tackle and simplify all aspects of it, including:
- The most impactful body language cues anyone can use to become a more compelling communicator.
- What “digital charisma” really means—and how to project it through emails, video calls, and online communication.
- How to harness your vocal power to sound more confident and avoid habits like “upspeak” that can undermine credibility.
- Whether communication skills can be learned by anyone—or if they come more naturally to extroverts.
- …and ultimately, practical tips for communicating effectively with neurodivergent teammates who process cues differently.
Q: Are you ready to learn how to be a better communicator at work? If yes, this one is for you.
It’s time to #DoTheThing!
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- 3 hours of (free) focus music for deep concentration - Quiet Quest - Study Music
- Hire Mary Baird to teach your senior leaders about creating a better employee experience for your workforce - The Simplifiers
- 50 powerful questions to help you reflect - The Institute of You
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My challenge for you this week:
How are you going to take what you’ve learned in today’s episode and take action by being a better communicator at work? What’s one thing you’ll do differently? Share it with me, privately or publicly. Snap a photo of you doing the thing, and send me a DM over on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesimplifiers) for added accountability and support!
Links, books and apps mentioned:
Resource: Find Kristin Bock on LinkedIn - click here
Resource: Sign up for Kristin’s twice-monthly free newsletter for more practical tips on body language and being a better communicator - The Calm Charismatic
Book: Humor That Works: The Missing Skill for Success and Happiness at Work - Andrew Tarvin
Podcast: How to master the art of executive storytelling, featuring Libby Magliolo - The Simplifiers Podcast
Podcast: How to be a better leader (guided visualization) - The Simplifiers Podcast
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About Kristin Bock:
Kristin Bock - She is a professional speaker, charisma consultant, and founder of Body Language Blueprints. She helps professionals become Social Legos—people who click with others—by using body language and nonverbal cues to build trust and connection.
She’s also the creator of The Calm Charismatic, a newsletter for quietly magnetic humans everywhere.
Where Kristin hangs out online:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kjkbock
Website: https://bodylanguageblueprints.com
Kristin’s vote for the perfect guest on The Simplifiers Podcast:
Nora Burns - She is the founder and Chief Curiosity Officer of The Leadership Experts. Having led teams of two to two hundred, she knows leadership and its profound impact on workplace culture. As a former Fortune 200 executive, she has navigated the complex shifting terrain of multi-site workplace dynamics and juggled the needs and dynamics of blue, white, and pink-collar employees. While on staff with a Big Six accounting firm (before the "Big Six" became the "Final Four") she guided ex-pats on their journey of cultural understanding through Services to Executives Abroad.
As the highest-ranking woman within a male-dominated industry, she led an organization from being on the verge of union organization to utilizing an employee team-based approach to hiring, capital investments, and development opportunity guides. She has the experience and the innovative mindset to partner with your team to usher the organization to a healthier and more functional workplace culture to attract and retain the right talent.
Nora has helped organizations reimagine their recruiting, hiring, and retention strategies as the building blocks for workplace culture for decades. Along the way, she realized that she herself had not been on a job interview in over a decade. It had been much longer than that since she worked on the front lines of an organization. She has been a supervisor, manager, director, executive, and owner since she was in her early twenties.
The Undercover Project™ is Born
Given the high value she places on understanding and shifting perspectives, she decided it was time to do something about the lack of recent insight into the lives of candidates and frontline employees. And thus, The Undercover Project™ was born. The project involved independent, innovative, and proprietary research into the hiring and employment practices. She took an inside-out look at what organizations are doing exceptionally well, and where the most significant opportunities are for improvement.
This was no small feat; for The Undercover Project™ Nora went on over 350 interviews across the country, and invested fifteen months working on the front lines of Fortune 500 organizations. These organizations did not know her as a former executive and expert in leadership and workplace culture.
