Consultante Formatrice & Coach en Prise de Parole en Anglais | Dirigeante d’A Star Formation (Qualiopi) | Top 3 européen de discours improvisé | Appli IA d’analyse de discours
Network: I have a question for you, I'd love to hear your insights 😊
I've been reading Heather Hansen's book #unmuted (great book btw) in which she talks about "bad English" and creating a safe space at work where employees can communicate in English without having to worry about mistakes.
I'm a big advocate of this: #communication is key, not perfection.
What about the companies or departments which don't have this safe space?
I have had several people in my communication skills #training courses, who are lacking confidence in their ability to communicate globally.
However, the issue is not them (and it's not their English either), it's someone above them who undermines them, usually by judging their English: correcting them in meetings, telling them they can't communicate directly with external people, or just shutting them down.
Eventually it gets to the point where the person stops contributing.
I've seen this issue across several companies in different sectors.
I'm dealing with the consequences of a toxic environment, and I rarely get to deal with the cause because those people don't sign up for communication skills training!
So dear network, I'd love to hear your input: what can I do to help the people who are in this situation? And what can they do to help themselves?