Episode 3
It starts with the first handshake…
… and with your name.
To say hello properly is more important than we think. We tell the other person who we are. And that starts with your name.
In this episode Carina and Martin talk about Dr Laura Sicola, founder of Vocal Impact productions, who says;
If you want to sound like a leader, with confidence start by saying your name right.
Send us questions to: info AT pik DOT nu, or contact us via Carina's site or Martin's Bio.Link page.
Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:
- Om hälsande - Institutet för språk och folkminnen (in Swedish)
- Elbow bump - Wikipedia
- Dr. Laura Sicola's website, Vocal Impact Productions
- Want to sound like a leader? Start by saying your name right | Laura Sicola | TEDxPenn
- The Fountain Guide to Value for Value - Fountain.fm
- The Feedback Loop - Value4Value.info
The episode (6 minutes) was recorded at 1600 Central European Time, on September 28, 2022, with Ringr app.. Martin did the editing and post-production with the podcast maker, Alitu. The transcript is generated by Alitu.
Transcript
Welcome to Presentation Skills Q and A. I am Martin.
Speaker A:Lynnsko.
Speaker A:Hi, Karina.
Speaker B:Hi, Martin.
Speaker B:How are you today?
Speaker A:I'm fine.
Speaker A:And yourself?
Speaker A:Did I pronounce your name right, Karina?
Speaker B:Yes, you did but your own name there?
Speaker A:Yes, Mortin is English and Mortin in Swedish and yeah, your last name?
Speaker A:My last name.
Speaker A:Lindeskog in English or Lindeskog in Swedish?
Speaker B:Now it was clear and distinct and that it should be I have thought about
Speaker B:something now we are starting to shake hands again are you doing that, Martin?
Speaker A:This elbow thing or what not could be a bit complicated so I do that but I also
Speaker A:thinking about so called the Risk or sanitized and you could wash your hands and whatnot but
Speaker A:it is a gesture and symbolic thing to shake hands.
Speaker A:To greet and say your name and listen especially to answer your partner's name that
Speaker A:you meet and greet yeah.
Speaker B:I'm doing that good because I want to talk about this that it starts with the
Speaker B:first handshake and when you say your name of course it depends on the situation and so on
Speaker B:but it's important that you say hello properly and I think it's more important than we think
Speaker B:so this elbow thing maybe it makes the meeting you have the meeting from another ankle if you
Speaker B:say so because we tell you we tell the other person who we really are when we shake hands
Speaker B:and say our.
Speaker A:Names so that's interesting.
Speaker A:So do you have any advice or tips when you do
Speaker A:that? At the same time it's multitasking in a way to
Speaker A:bow manually and look in the eyes and shake hands and say your name it's plenty of things
Speaker A:I mean we do it naturally and almost automatically but still it's lots of.
Speaker B:Things going on exactly and that's why we don't think about it but it's fantastic
Speaker B:if we say our names a little bit slower than we pronounce it more clearly and we
Speaker B:distinction and that increases your confidence when we do that I must talk about a person
Speaker B:named Dr. Laura Cicola who I really admire she's founder of a Vocal Impact production and
Speaker B:she used to say that this is regarding executive presence for example.
Speaker B:That how you sound your voice with your breath.
Speaker B:Pauses.
Speaker B:Phrasing tempo and so on that shows the
Speaker B:outcome of your communication.
Speaker B:Person to person so the handshake and to say
Speaker B:your name properly that makes the outcome what you're going to have for conversation with
Speaker B:this person and she also says that if you want to sound like a leader with confidence.
Speaker B:Start by saying your name right I think that makes you get a lot of thoughts and you're you
Speaker B:know that you are on the same level as.
Speaker A:The person in front of you depending on the situation.
Speaker A:The language and so on you could pronounce it in different ways and you could do it in order
Speaker A:to counterpart to understand it yes.
Speaker A:I remember that from america.
Speaker A:When I said my last name, Lindescogg, that was pretty hard for them to get because it's
Speaker A:different sounds and letters that we have.
Speaker A:Exactly.
Speaker B:And we are going to put a link to her doctor, Dora Sela, because I think that is
Speaker B:nice for our listeners to also take part of her, for example, her Ted Talk.
Speaker B:So I can really recommend it.
Speaker A:Great.
Speaker B:Yeah. And then, of course, we want feedback, isn't it so, Martin?
Speaker B:We want feedback.
Speaker A:That's true.
Speaker A:Constructive feedback in different ways.
Speaker A:So then I could send you an email.
Speaker B:Yes, they can send an email info at pip new.
Speaker B:Info at pip.
Speaker B:New.
Speaker A:Yes. And another way also of doing it is so called a feedback loop, according to
Speaker A:the Podcast 20 initiative.
Speaker A:So if you download a new podcast app like
Speaker A:Fountain, you could send a digital telegram with a note with your feedback and input
Speaker A:questions and whatnot.
Speaker A:And also a small token of appreciation.
Speaker A:Like, if you think our content is worth something, then you could send a small micro
Speaker A:payment called Satushi to us.
Speaker B:That sounds nice.
Speaker B:That sounds terrific.
Speaker B:Feedback loop, you said?
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Good.
Speaker A:I will link to that also at value four, value info.
Speaker A:Very explain this concept called feedback loop.
Speaker B:Okay, well, thank you.
Speaker B:I say thank you for this week, Martin.
Speaker A:Yes, I say the same.
Speaker A:And talk to you soon again.
Speaker B:Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker A:Cheers.
