Anyone Listening...?

Through the open glass windows I can hear the gardeners, housekeeping staffs chatting incessantly while going through their routine. The words wading through the air... Everyone has so much to say, so much to express, so much to tell…and everyone needs those few ears to listen and at times few eyes to read.

Everyone seeks those eyes and ears near and far, in the real world and in the virtual one and for different motives. People share and express to impress; to make people happy, jealous, angry, scared and even sad; to build friends, relationships, image and brands; to inform, educate, declare, opine, propagandize, boast, coax, invite,  propose and dispose.

But as much we care for those ears and eyes that do not belong to us and yet whom we desperately seek, those ‘senses’ may not always care for us. This dilemma is what makes people socialize and engage.

Lending ears and eyes to spoken and written words is a powerful way to engage with those who are valuable and worthy to be won.

Leaders and managers in formal and informal settings, remember, engagement many times is not about what you have to say; it’s more about whether you can read and listen to what people have to say and reading their motives. Build your story on that and then you will have their ears and eyes.