How to Not Respond and Not Be Insulting

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How do you not respond and not be insulting at the same time? Well, I mean, I will share how I do it. If I feel like I'm not going to get anywhere with the person given their state, that no matter what I say, we're not going to be able to move forward, I choose very consciously not to respond in that moment. Do you want to know what's trending now? You can defer payments of a full net suite implementation for six months. That's netsuite.com slash women at work. NetSuite by Oracle has never made an offer like this in its 22 years as the leading cloud financial system.

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.