Framing is a powerful communication skill that is often overlooked. It involves setting context, which is essential for effective communication. The frame or context you choose influences how others interpret your message. Strategic framing is useful when communicating with senior stakeholders, while using metaphors or storytelling simplifies technical content for a non-technical audience. Framing is about setting the table and giving context, rather than just presenting data. It plays a critical role in communication.
What does it take to have a presence that’s felt by those around us? According to Muriel Wilkins, the answer is simple: Be present.
“Having presence, at the root of it, [is] your ability to be present,” says Wilkins, a C-suite advisor, executive coach, and host of the HBR podcast, Coaching Real Leaders. Working with some of the business world’s top brass, Wilkins helps leaders discover how they can use presence to communicate more effectively, lead more authentically, and create more impact in their organizations.
In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Wilkins and host Matt Abrahams explore communication strategies that leaders and individuals can use to improve their presence and show up more authentically to work and life.
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