My GC Index Profile

Teresa Shaw
Performance Coach
I have enjoyed a long and varied international career as a soloist. I have appeared with many leading orchestras, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and London Sinfonietta, as well as opera companies such as English National Opera, Opera North, and Opera de Lyon in the UK and Europe. My work has been critically acclaimed.

How my GC Index profile helped me write a presentation…

I am excited to be presenting to a group of singing teachers at the Autumn Conference for @AOTOS, later this month.

I have been giving my presentation much thought and preparation; it’s a big event in their calendar, and I want to get it right for them and leave them feeling inspired.

As a newly qualified GCologist, I have found inspiration in my own @The GC Index® profile as I have been preparing my presentation.

It got me thinking about how I can engage everyone in the audience: what would help me feel at my confident best; why would people want to listen to me?

In GC Index® terms, should I be presenting as a Strategist, providing a visionary and compelling view of how the world of teaching singing is changing and will change over the coming years?

Should I present as a creative Game Changer, ‘firing people up’ with all the new and exciting ways of teaching that they can bring to their world?

Maybe I need to take a more pragmatic Implementer approach, with a focus on the important skills that teachers of singing need to be effective within their role?

Or a Polisher slant, perhaps, with an emphasis upon continuous improvement and the ‘pursuit of excellence’ for young people learning to sing?

In The GC Index® terms, I am primarily a Play Maker, someone with energy for bringing people together and building effective teams.

I have energy for getting the best from others and know that my confidence and authority will come from ‘engaging the hearts’ of my audience: singing changes people’s lives I will tell them; as it did mine. And I will share some of the very powerful ways that they can make that happen.

*The GC Index profiles an individual’s energy; the unique ways in which we like to channel our energy to make an impact in our world. For anyone looking to know more about the conference or The GC Index® please contact me.