Leveraging Language to Succeed at Work and Life

To learn more about how embodiment training can help yousuccessfully integrate young workers, visit www.evleaderlab.com/integrategenz.In this episode, Timm and Amanda continue their series onthe SELPH with a discussion about how all human beings are Linguistic beings.Linguistic philosopher John Austin explained how somelanguage does not just describe the world but actually changes the world whenit is spoken.  Anyone who is married canprobably relate to how this occurs when someone with the proper authority says“You are now man and wife”. One example of this performative language isassessments.  Human beings all makeassessments all the time.  But some of uslet the assessments of others, and even our assessments of ourselves, give awayour power to create a good life. Assessments only have that power if we let them. Another example of performative language are the commitmentswe make to others and the declarations we make about our futures.  Both commitments and declarations can play apowerful role in how we lead our lives and how we lead others to bring aboutthe futures we care about. Gen Z has some heavy assessments about their future, andthis is what is behind some of their work behaviors that can be difficult tounderstand.  Both Gen Z and theorganizations they work in can use language to increase awareness and then actpositively on concerns about the future as well as shaping the future wedesire. #EVLeaderLab #leadership #embodiedleadership #speechacts#leadershipdevelopment #innovation #successmindset #mentor #development#businessdevelopment #workplaceculture #GenZWorkplace #Leadershipmatters#connectedwork #performativelanguage #powerofassessments