Love the Voice You're In: Managing Our Vocal Image
Have you ever heard your own voice played back in an audio recording or on a video? What was your first reaction? Was it something like, “Oh, what a surprise! Is that really how I sound?”
When we speak, we actually “hear” our voice internally via our vocal chords through to our middle ear and not through our outer ears. We do not hear ourselves as others do unless we listen to a recording of our voice. When we hear our voice through our ears, it can seem as if we are hearing someone else’s voice rather than our own.
Like our breathing, our voices are just there. Any time we want to speak, we do so without effort or preparation. Because of its ready availability, our voice is something that we can take for granted and rarely, if ever, think about.
Yet how we sound is as important to building a credible presence as our visual presentation.
As we become more conscious of the power of our vocal image and how to manage it, we can have a greater impact on how we are perceived by our manager, fellow team members and others at more senior levels.
In this article, we focus on how people whose natural voice is low and/or soft can use some simple techniques to be heard clearly in meetings and other workplace settings.
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9.00am to 1pm
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The Executive Presence Half-Day workshop equips emerging leaders with enhanced interpersonal skills and enables you to communicate at executive levels with poise and confidence.
Participants in this program gain a keen appreciation of the strengths and abilities that will enable them to take on a senior leadership role in the future.
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