Get Off Our High Horse

In a meeting with a group of PhD’s, working on some good stuff, and a staffer asked a straight forward question. The response, after a pregnant pause, is a bit condescending. We have all been there, on both ends of that exchange, and it serves nobody. Or the time you’re giving a presentation and using all your technical terms, and someone asks you to explain in simple language what you just said. Yet, if we watch the best leaders, they speak in simple straight forward English in a way that we can follow. Using big words, being defensive in language, or just overwhelming people with content is a sign of a confidence issues. We’re all guilty of it. One more thing, the new generation and new organization honors authenticity. So let’s get off our high horse and speak English.