16/10/2019
The Executives Corner
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Redefining The Square Circle.
Wed 16/10 SS
Why Do First Impressions Last.
Ever noticed how instinctive it is for one to look & conclude on what something or someone is. This happens everywhere. Where two or more are gathered & honestly no pun intended.
So this morning i was busy prepping a slide, for a presentation we doing for a client. Branding & Marketing Advisory Stuff. I was illustrating the power of relationships & clear vision communication, which lead to trying to unpack the power of impressions [first impression.]
Heres an extract from an article on wikipedia, i ended up glued too all morning:
"Public Speaking"/ As a function not solely as a quality.
Accents and speech
Accents and unique speech patterns can influence how people are perceived by those to whom they are speaking. For example, when hypothetically interviewing an applicant with a Midwestern U.S. accent, Colombian accent, or French accent, Midwestern U.S. participants evaluated the U.S. accent as significantly more positive than the applicant with the French accent due to perceived similarity to themselves. The evaluation of the applicant with the Colombian accent did not, however, differ significantly from the other two. First impressions can be heavily influenced by a similarity-attraction hypothesis where others are immediately put into “similar" or “dissimilar” categories from the viewer and judged accordingly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_impression_(psychology)
3 Things To Master With Verbal Communication.
1. Be Genuine - Stern/Passionate/ Transparent
2. Be Meaningful - Deliberate/ Value Trade
3. Practice Empathy - Self & Others (Smiling Voice/ Interest/ Eagerness.
leave a comment, tag a friend let us know how you see first impressions & maybe even how you deal with those situations especially where something important is at stake. How do you over come or champion these encounters.
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