{"id":4867,"date":"2022-05-02T14:10:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T14:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertina.lt\/?p=4867"},"modified":"2022-05-02T14:20:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T14:20:57","slug":"tone-of-voice-and-power-of-influence-in-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertina.lt\/2022\/05\/02\/tone-of-voice-and-power-of-influence-in-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"Tone of voice and power of influence in communication"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Your tender, soft, sweet tone of voice<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The story starts like this: I was listening to somebody over a phone and was fascinated by the tenderness, softness and gentleness of the voice tone on the other end of a phone line. My fascination was amplified by the fact that the voice owner was someone whom I would call a man of power: an influential, charismatic business entrepreneur. Stereotypically, we expect a formal, assertive and serious tone coming from a hierarchical position of power. Nonetheless, this conversation drew attention to, perhaps, a conscious shift in terms of what voice tone we go for in executive communication. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you think about it, have you come across people of power who would be fantastic in maneuvering their gentle tone of voice? Well, I have. And if you look among well-known world leaders today, you will effortlessly come across the same communication pattern being repeated and consistent, no doubt. Just listen to them, some of them are so tender and so gentle in certain communication instances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So why does power employ tenderness and gentleness? To put it simply, it is a no threat policy. This specific tone of voice makes communication less formal, an individual more approachable, it also reduces status barriers. Moreover, it is part of a broader conversation on social intelligence skills being enacted in communication. Voice tone tenderness conveys an illusion of things under control, induces trust, stability, reliability, peace and good life. Stay with me, work with me, it is harmless, nice and it feels good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Manipulation in communication: good, bad or both?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So power people manipulate when they talk, right? Who knows what their real intentions are? Manipulation in communication: is it acceptable? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The verb “manipulate” can convey negativity, but it does not have to do so. According to Merriam Webster’s Dictionary<\/em>, for example, to “manipulate” means “to control or play upon by artful, unfair, or insidious means especially to one’s own advantage.\u201d This definition allows, then, the use of control for one’s advantage in an artful and honest way. However, it is important to note that actions cannot be criminal in nature, if we want to look at manipulation in a no evil light. <\/p>\n\n\n\n