In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds the conch that is, who should be listened to and when.
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The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
We use a Native American tradition of the talking stick. You sit and pass it around and whoever has the stick has to talk. Some people just hold it. Others really share.
Every speaker has a mouth; An arrangement rather neat. Sometimes it's filled with wisdom. Sometimes it's filled with feet.
The best leaders are readers of people. They have the intuitive ability to understand others by discerning how they feel and recognizing what they sense.
When I speak it is in order to be heard.
Being a good listener is absolutely critical to being a good leader; you have to listen to the people who are on the front line.
To me, governing is communicating. That facilitates the whole job because I can listen, I can hear what people have to say, and at the same time I can let them know what are we working on, what is our strategic line, and where are we going.
Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.
Coming from an Asian culture, I was always taught to respect my elders, to be a better listener than a talker.
The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
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