Can you hear me now?
Leading Audaciously
Awakening the Leader Within: From Self-Doubt to Clarity and Confidence
Do you ever realize, midway through a conversation with someone, that you can absolutely tell they aren’t listening to a word you say? It’s not usually their fault! Distraction, stress, their own busy schedule - they have enough going on. You can understand, even empathize with that - but you still get that sinking feeling in your gut that it’s not them, it is you, and what you had to say wasn’t interesting or important at all. So you go back to your day a little more defeated, a little more unsure of yourself.
We’ve all been on both sides of this - none of us need to be perfect listeners all the time. What we do need, though, is to understand the value of real connection. Of hearing others, and being heard. There are countless ways that this makes us better friends, partners, bosses, or community leaders. But what I find so amazing about the small agreements we can make with each other - to really hear, to be vulnerable enough to ask to be heard - is how powerful one small moment of that can be. Letting yourself be heard, truly listening to someone, even for just a few moments, can counteract the relentless ways we are ignored or overruled in the rest of our lives. It’s not an antidote to every societal problem, not even to most of our problems - but it’s a stepping stone to realizing how to give and receive what we need in the community. And in building those stepping stones, we start to see the recipe for a better society emerge.
Join us for a facilitated conversation dedicated to being heard, seen, and connected on March 21!