Start Talking When You've Finished Thinking

My conversations with clients this month have focused on the habit of articulating our internal thought process as part of our communication with others.

We all work in a global business world of constant change, with multiple demands on our time and at lightening pace.

That won’t change; however we do need to resist the pressure to speed up in our communication.

And I’m focused on a very specific habit here.

Too often, I see and hear the pressure to start talking before we’ve finished thinking.

The impact on the speaker’s gravitas and impact is profound and not good.

Great communicators convey more by saying less.

Great communicators are confident to take the time to consider their thoughts and only then, start to share them.

Great communicators keep the line of logic, deduction and conclusion clear for the listener, rather than leave it to the listener to work out what the heck they’re talking about.

Great communicators never feel the need to ask ‘does that make sense?’ And if we have to ask, we already know the answer.