Sie nannten mich hinter vorgehaltener Hand “Machiavelli”.
How did this come about?
In the eighties, I was the director of a theatre company. Cellar theatre, 200 seats, the audience flocked in droves. The artistic successes were great, the working conditions and salaries a disaster.
And I had to make unpleasant decisions all the time.
On stage, I was the actor colleague for the others. But as soon as it came to the direction of the organization, I was the person in charge, the boss.
My decisions were not always easy to understand. That gave Stunk.
In the internal meetings, I was at my best. As an actor, I had learned to put myself in the limelight.
I confess, I was such a culprit for a long time. I argued with my fellow board members and the team with full Persuasiveness into the ground.
Augustinus hätte mit mir seine wahre Freude gehabt. Kennen Sie den Spruch, den man ihm zuschreibt: “In Dir muß brennen, was Du in anderen entzünden willst!”? Ich schwöre, ich brannte lichterloh für meine Projekte.
Do you sometimes overwhelm your employees in conversation?
If so, then you probably already know the typical consequences. In any case, I could tell you a thing or two about it at the time. I experienced every conceivable kind of unnecessary resistance:
- 👉 Unendliche “Ja, aber …!”-Diskussionen
- 👉 emotionally heated arguments
- 👉 inner emigration of some team members
- 👉 passive resistance in the implementation
Heute schmunzle ich über mein “altes Ich”. Und wenn ich Kollegen aus jener Zeit treffe, haben wir viel Spaß und lachen darüber herzlich.
As a coach and trainer, however, I often encounter this avoidable clumsiness.
How do you avoid the pressure in your voice despite all your enthusiasm?
Five practical tips on how to avoid unnecessary pressure in the Avoid Voice , listen to this podcast episode:
What effect does too much appeal have in the Voice for you? How do you dose your persuasive power yourself? I look forward to your comments!
The author:
Arno Fischbacher is a business voice coach and rhetoric expert, speaker and author. He prepares executives and employees of the top companies in Germany and Austria for negotiations, presentations and media appearances. Fischbacher is the author of several books, past president of the German Speakers Association (GSA) Austria, chairman of the European Network of Voice Experts, stimme.at.
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