The Importance of Responding Properly

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When I know I'm weary, I ask myself, can I put this off for 24 hours? It's not just about getting the words out of your mouth, but then it's listening, responding. And my further check to that is I always ask myself, when I think about responding in the moment, I've done the wrong thing. We're so conditioned to respond to everything,. We react to everything, and there's just as much of an impact, not only on yourself, but on others.

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.