“To get to the next level of greatness depends on the quality of our culture,
which depends on the quality of our relationships,
which depends on the quality of our conversations.
Everything happens through conversations!”
~ Conversational Intelligence
Welcome back to, ‘Your Choice’ where Tess and I offer free weekly leadership coaching and development right into your inbox, every Monday morning. We are grateful to be connected.
As we continue to focus on leveling up our conversational skills through raising our conversational intelligence (C-IQ), we know that building trust is the cornerstone to having good outcomes within every conversation. We practice this daily as leadership coaches. Our clients come to us with their greatest conversational challenges and their most exciting successes when leading others with their communication. When trust is established, we have the ability to flow in and thru all styles of conversations and trust that our good intentions will lead to good outcomes. The conversations are definitely not always easy, yet, they are built from a mutual respect and commitment to trust so we can indeed, trust the outcomes.
Are you starting to get more curious about how you can raise your C-IQ? We’ve provided the following brief assessment for you to check-in and raise your awareness and knowledge of your own C-IQ.
On a scale of 1-5 (1 being low – 5 being high) give yourself a score on the three questions below. There is no right or wrong or judgment here, we encourage you to stay open and curious as you answer.
1. Think about the energy you are giving to others when in conversation.
How mindful are you of the emotional energy you bring to conversations – either calm, chaotic, fear or pleasure? _________
2. Interpretation is in the ears of the receiver.
Are the conversations you are having triggering negative emotional reactions in yourself? _________ in others? _________
While you are not responsible for other people’s reactions, you are responsible for how you lead the conversation with your best intentions.
3. Defining words is an important part of building trust in conversations.
How aware are you of the words you are saying? Are you pausing to define or ask the other person what their definition of a word is when the energy shifts in a conversation when there is a misunderstanding? _________
Creating clarity, healthy boundaries and being mindful of the readiness level of others, supports greater understanding when building trust in conversations.
As always, we are practicing this right along with you and we are here for you to level up in your leadership development and your conversational intelligence. We look forward to hearing about the growth of your C-IQ!
Sending each of you, positive energy and a reminder to tell the women in your life how grateful you are for them as we honor Women’s History Month! Want to celebrate with us? Know Your Genius / Know Your Worth seminar is available for booking now. Meet with Chelsea for further details here! (link to my 30 min calendar)