All about the Challenge Voice: Challenging for Change
So, You Think You’ve Got The Challenge Voice? In short, the challenge voice can be, well, challenging. Most of us tend to operate in our lives with assumptions, following the status quo. It’s not always wrong—assumptions are important to facilitate our decision-making process. They form the basis of our understanding and help to simplify complex […]
All about the Correct Voice: Correcting for Improvement
Setting The Tone for The Correct Voice The correct voice is one of the more ‘controversial’ voices that we’ve seen in SoundWave. As the least preferred voice amongst our respondents, it is also perhaps one of the more directive verbal strategies. One would always know what to expect with the correct voice; it is often […]
All about the Critique Voice: Critiquing for Judgment
To Critique, or Not To Critique? What do we do when we are faced with a difficult decision? For most of us, we are most likely to consider the situation and weigh our different options before taking action. Perhaps, we might even rely on the opinions of others to break it for us. This is […]
All about the Advise Voice: Advising for Credibility
An Advisory on the Advise Voice As humans, we are characterised by our need to share and draw on the experiences of others. Our way of imparting this wisdom takes form in our interactions through our advise voice. It takes a gentle, almost modest approach, giving us the best gift in times of uncertainty: answers. […]
All about the Advocate Voice: Advocating for Impact
The Amazing Advocate Voice! If we are to summarise the advocate voice in one word, it would be: belief. This is the defining factor of the advocate voice. Strongly persuasive, it is used to amplify our message and cement our position. It stirs action within others and provokes them to take a position on the […]
All about the Articulate Voice: Articulating for Influence
Describing The Articulate Voice The articulate voice brings the world around us to life. It is descriptive of our experiences, ideas, opinions, and feelings. This is the voice that bridges us to what is happening around us and within us. Beyond narration, the articulate voice also acts as a powerful tool for affirmation, validating the […]
