background & EXPERTISE

Business expertise and energy you need to get the results you value

Experience Drives Significant Results

  • Over 20 years as a broadcaster and journalist
  • CEO of onPoint Communication, a leadership, communication and media training company
  • Represented more than 50 companies as a media spokesperson
  • Author and co-author of five books dealing with communication and leadership

Honors and Awards Connie has Received

  • Multiple Emmy® and Telly® award wins
  • Among the few women inducted to the Radio/Television Broadcasters Hall of Fame
  • 2007 Leadership Ohio Think Tank Award
  • 2006 NAWBO Top Ten Women Business Owners Award
  • National Speaker's Association CSP Award

Connie Dieken is a trusted executive coach and advisor to the many influential executives who run the world's most trusted brands.

As an Emmy award-winning broadcaster and CEO of onPoint Communication, a leading leadership, communication and media training company, Connie brings her business experience and savvy to every coaching and speaking engagement.

The World Demands Perfection, Yet Craves Authenticity

Think about the paradoxes in your life. You want to exude executive presence—yet still be genuine. You want to hone your speaking and influence skills—but not appear manipulative. You want to inspire top performance from others—yet not drive away top talent with your demands. You want to be—and to be seen as—the real deal. How do you balance the polarities of perfection and authenticity to lead at your peak level?

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‘Just be yourself’ is inadequate advice

"Just be yourself." As a piece of advice, it’s common—even clichéd. But it’s far more demanding than it sounds, isn’t it? If you’re a leader, you’re on the receiving end of relentless and often conflicting advice about how to present yourself to the world. Perhaps you’re urged to be active on social media in order to...

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Talk Less, Tweet More

@ConnieDieken: Don’t fall for “off the record” in media interviews. There’s no such thing. Ever.

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