01/27/2009

Women as Communicators

Mary-Ellen Drummond, author of A Woman's Way to Incredible Success in Business (NY: Adams Media Group, 2001), describes seven communication faux pas women often commit in communications:

1. We don't take up enough space. We should adapt the Wonderwoman stance — with our hands in the steeple gesture.
2. We nod when we listen. Men nod only when they agree, so it looks like we are agreeing all the time.
3. We tilt our heads when we talk. This shows we are good listeners, but not in a power position (which is signaled by holding one's head straight and keeping shoulders back).
4. We introduce ourselves too soon. Men don't hear anything we say for the first seven seconds because they are busy checking us out — thus our name gets lost.
5. We raise our voices at the end of the sentence. Our affirmative statements end up sounding like questions.
6. We fidget too much—  twice as much as men upon entering a room of people.
7. We let men finish our sentences. Completing our own sentences would boost our self-esteem.

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