Muriel: Sometimes delivering a tough message, having a difficult conversation is a lot easier if you don't have to face the person. She says there's a difference between taking the easy way out or finding the easy way and doing things with ease. Muriel: The goal is can you communicate in difficult situations but do it with an inner ease even though the external is a hot mess.
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).
Guest expert:
Muriel Wilkins is the co-founder of the executive coaching and leadership development firm Paravis Partners. She hosts the HBR podcast Coaching Real Leaders.
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