How to Deliver a Message That You Don't Believe In

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When delivering a message that goes against your core value system, be honest with yourself. Be transparent about how you're feeling and where it might be causing you some angst or some stress. There's no right or wrong; I think it really depends on how do you think it's going to impact folks on the other side. And for some people, it will make things worse for them to hear that their leader is like stressed out or doesn't agree or is tired. For others, it'll actually help humanize it. It'll make it better.

Communicating clearly and persuasively sets you up to have the impact and influence you’re after. But what if you’re running on empty? Expressing your ideas and giving direction when you’re sleep-deprived, burned out, grieving, or in perimenopausal brain fog…can feel nearly impossible. So, what then?

Leadership development coach Muriel Wilkins talks us through communication techniques that meet you where you’re at mentally and emotionally so that you can rise to the moment (even when you’re worried you can’t).

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Muriel Wilkins is the co-founder of the executive coaching and leadership development firm Paravis Partners. She hosts the HBR podcast Coaching Real Leaders.