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Leadership is practiced in ordinary moments: before the meeting begins, when tension enters the room, when someone needs honest feedback, and when a team is deciding what it will accept and what it will become.
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Higher-Quality Conversations Lead to Greater Relationships and Connection with Self and Others
My focus lately is on transforming the quality of our conversations. It’s common to read a message or a blog about a topic and tuck the info away, likely to be forgotten in our world of information overload. As we know from neuroscience research and how the brain operates, exposure to new concepts takes hold with repetition. This is such a critical topic to me because how we converse is at the very heart of our connections and relationships, with self and others.
Filler Words: How the Patterns in Our Speech Affect Our Connections
Filler words might seem innocuous, but they are far from it. We all speak in patterns and though these words are common in peoples’ conversations, they are blind spots that break down connection. This results in those conversing feeling unheard and misunderstood. The only way to change this is by becoming aware of your patterns and interrupting them.
Prime Your Conversational Spaces for Increased Trust, Connection and Success
Every conversation happens in time and space. Something you might not have been taught is that we have more control in this space than we think. Priming your conversational space is the preparation that results in more successful outcomes and stronger connections in all of your conversations. Read on to learn how to implement these tools for greater trust, connection, success and conversational outcomes.
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