The Speaker Lab Podcast9 Jan 2024

From Successful Sports Agent to Successful Speaker with Molly Fletcher

"I want to get in the heads and the hearts of the people in the room. If I'm not in their heads and hearts, I don't know how I can connect."

This week, Molly Fletcher joined Grant to discuss her experience transitioning from a sports agent into a speaker. For Molly, becoming a speaker was less about a dream to be on stage and more about a logistically practical way to share the knowledge she was giving out 1-on-1 to people she was mentoring.

When Molly started speaking, she focused on industries that required the same kind of trust and relationship building that was normal to her as a sports agent. From there, she started branching out into women’s leadership and general empowerment to encourage people to get out there and change the world.

"One of the number one reasons women are coming out of the workforce and hitting a jack is because they don't see other women doing what they want to do. So I think for strong women to be in the front of the room and tell their story, we need more of that, for sure."

Grant and Molly dig into:

How Molly got into speaking
Her journey to authorship
If you need a book to be a great speaker
What it’s like being a female speaker in a male-dominated field
Molly’s mindset and process to prepping for a gig
How Molly thinks about breaking the ice on stage and what it takes to connect with your audience

"I self deprecate immediately with a story that I tell because I think you've got to get down so that they feel connected to you because you're literally physically, they've just heard all these things they've seen."

Episode Chapters:

01:20 Who is Molly and what's her speaking business look like?
06:58 Molly's turning point for moving into speaking
09:34 How to build early momentum as a speaker
14:10 Molly's take on her pre-gig prep to deliver a great talk
16:12 How do you think about the appropriate level of customization vs having a signature keynote
19:12 Molly's #1 tip to connecting with the audience
21:40 How to find the right balance of humor for your talk
26:19 What plays into how you think about fees and the value you bring as a speaker
28:40 How would you encourage other females who want to speak
32:11 Why you need good mentors

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