How words shape us!
Here is a dinner table conversation with my 12 years old daughter that left me thinking how we need to redefine words.
I walked up to the dining table and gave my daughter a big hug. “So, what is it about me that you like mum?” She asked. My response, “many things but I love the fact that …
Research proves Gender Diversity leads to Innovation. We have heard this statement a million times and it is now noise versus great news. But, despite having heard this statement several times the importance of this statement has not reduced which puts the communicator in a difficult situation because it is an important statement that needs telling but when told falls on deaf…
So why is it even important that we know, How Women Experience Shame?
Because of one simple reason, when you know where shame comes from and there are others like you experiencing the shame, you don’t blame yourself, which is liberating.
According to Dr Brene’ Brown, when women were asked to share their definitions or experiences of shame, here’s what they said:…
Sydney 2008, whilst having a day on the road, doing sales calls, I get stuck in the traffic with a colleague for over 40 mins. Chatting is the only way to kill time. In this purposeless, purely out of boredom chit chat he shares details of his renumeration package with me. I am certain he has made a mistake with the numbers…
Content, stories, practice, timing, gesture, voice, attire (yes, this matters a lot to women, even if they say, ” I don’t care ), pause and the list goes on on for things you have to know, apply, be mindful of when you are wearing a speaker’s hat. I am almost certain one can do a PhD in speaking. Won’t be surprised if…
Yesterday, I walked in to a boardroom meeting with 3 gentlemen waiting for me to take them through what I had planned to solve their team’s communication challenge.
As soon as I saw dynamics in the room, I knew that I am going to face some challenge today and that awareness really helped me navigate the meeting.
At one stage, I made…
“Anjali your voice, tone, pace, pitch, dramatics can improve.”
Over the last 3 weeks, I have purposely put myself in a situation where I knew I would get honest feedback on my speaking abilities. I have never been a believer of tone, voice, pitch and dramatics ( excluding pace, which I think is important to manage).
My argument has always been speaking…
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