About this episode
Elaine Lin Hering discusses the importance of reclaiming one's voice and overcoming self-silencing in communication.
A Harvard Law grad, negotiation expert, and author of Unlearning Silence , Elaine has spent the last decade teaching people how to have difficult conversations. But it wasn’t until she confronted her own self-silencing that the real work began. We talk about how silence gets rewarded, how it gets internalized, and what it really means to reclaim voice. Bio Elaine Lin Hering is a speaker, facilitator, and former Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School. She works with organizations and individuals to build skills in communication, collaboration, and conflict management. She has worked on six continents and facilitated executive education at Harvard, Dartmouth, Tufts, UC Berkeley, and UCLA. She has served as the Advanced Training Director for the Harvard Mediation Program and a Managing Partner for a global leadership development firm. She has worked with coal miners at BHP Billiton, micro-finance organizers in East Africa, mental health professionals in China, and senior leadership at the US Department of Commerce. Her clients include American Express, Chevron, Google, Nike, Novartis, PayPal, Pixar, and the Red Cross. She was named a Thinkers50 global management thinker to watch and…
People in this episode
Host: Allie Canton
Guest: Elaine Lin Hering
Topics covered
- communication
- negotiation
- self-silencing
- difficult conversations
- voice reclamation
Keywords
- communication skills
- negotiation expert
- self-improvement
- difficult conversations
- voice reclamation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Harvard Law School, American Express, Chevron, Google, Nike, Novartis, PayPal, Pixar, Red Cross
Products: Unlearning Silence
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