He walked into the room like an executive. His presence alone calmed everyone. He had an air of dignity. When he spoke, he only had to say it once, everyone listened.
He wasn’t an executive, far from it. He was an individual contributor.
But the power of his communication had the impact of a leader.
If you had seen him before he took the Causative Communication® workshop, you wouldn’t have recognized him as the same person. He was fidgety, always in a hurry, very short attention span. He spoke fast, in short bursts and he stopped listening the moment he thought he knew what you were going to say.
He had worked at the same large corporation for over 10 years, trying to get promoted, but without creating much visibility or recognition.
A year after the class, he had been promoted to Team Lead and then had 2 more promotions in very rapid succession. He was now viewed as a charismatic and respected leader on the fast track to senior executive.
What was it he changed?
His speed.
Before the workshop he focused on doing everything fast. We can all understand why, because in today’s crazy world we have to do everything fast to get it all done. So he did everything fast. Talked fast, listened fast. That’s what he did until the workshop showed him how to slow down.
You pay a big price for fast.
The price you pay is in the form of quality and presence. Both suffer.
Now I don’t know if you try to communicate too fast, but my hunch is that you probably know.
So here is a very simple shift you can make, right now, today.
Slow down.
This does not mean be less productive or get less things done. It means slow down to the point where you focus on the quality of your communication, the quality of what you say, how you say it and the quality of your listening.
When you slow down, you make a much stronger connection with others, that deep human connection that enables all good things to happen. You’ll achieve greater understanding.
The quality of your communication today shapes your tomorrow, it’s how you create the reality of your very important life.
Be the cause!