When You’re in Charge, Your Whisper May Feel Like a Shout

It has been said that good parenting is less about following rules and more about assessing your child’s needs; so it goes with the storyteller’s drive to command attention from an audience. When we identify the needs and interests of our audience, we are able to bring both surprise and familiarity to the engagement, which transports them to a place that is new and imaginative, but also safe and comfortable.

As leaders, we know shouting uses the element of surprise, which can be effective. However, if all you do is shout, eventually you don't get heard. To whisper is to use the element of familiarity. But without trust, a whisper is only a whisper. 

This week, a look at how authority amplifies words.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week: "It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment." - Freeman Dyson (US (English-born) physicist, 1923 - ) 

   When You’Re in Charge, Your Whisper May Feel Like a Shout