Is it Hard to Get Your Voice Heard?
In todayโs fast-paced world, itโs easy to feel like your voice is drowned out. Whether youโre a team leader trying to motivate staff, a manager giving feedback, or an executive shaping company strategy, clear and effective communication is one of the most powerful tools you have. But many people struggle to get their message across in a way that truly resonates.
One proven approach is to express your feelings clearly, not in a way that blames, but in a way that connects your emotions to another personโs behaviour. This โpush styleโ of communication works because people can debate your logic, your recommendations, and even your factsโฆ but they canโt deny how you feel. Whether youโre happy, frustrated, reassured, or disappointed, your feelings are your truth. When shared constructively, they can strongly influence othersโ behaviour.
Why This Matters in the Workplace
This technique is especially valuable when giving feedback:
Use positive emotions to reinforce what you want someone to keep doing. Use negative emotions (expressed respectfully) to encourage change.
To make it effective:
โข Be genuine โ only share emotions you truly feel.
โข Be timely โ donโt wait months; give feedback while itโs fresh.
โข Be specific โ point to the exact behaviour that triggered your feeling.
โข Avoid blame โ replace โYou made me feelโ with โI feelโ or โI was.โ
When you frame feedback this way, youโre more likely to be heard and less likely to trigger defensiveness. Over time, this approach strengthens relationships, shapes behaviour, and ensures your voice carries weight.
The Role of Training and Coaching
While this technique sounds simple, many professionals find it difficult to apply in practice. Thatโs where communication training and executive coaching can help. With the right guidance, you can build confidence, overcome hesitation and ensure your message gets through.
At Levati, we offer a range of executive coaching courses, leadership coaching courses and professional development workshops designed to equip managers, executives, and team leaders with the skills they need to thrive. Our leadership development program and team leader training focus on improving communication in the workplace, helping individuals at every level influence more effectively.
For those who prefer digital learning, our online communication skills training and online executive coaching options make it easy to sharpen your abilities wherever you are. Each executive coaching program is tailored to real-world challenges, ensuring practical takeaways you can use immediately.
Boost Your Influence Online Course
Influence is a life skill; every choice you make in a conversation greatly impacts the outcome. Throughout the course, we will guide you through which decisions get the most fulfilling results.
You can learn to use these skills for just ยฃ30 (Including VAT) through our ‘Boost Your Influence‘ ONLINE course, making difficult conversations effective and efficient.
Our 11 modules can develop your discourse in both personal and work relationships. It can be taken at your own pace for 12 months, so we recommend referring back with continuous practice.
