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This week we welcomed Erica Lin Hering to Intentional Conversations!

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KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• In hard moments, it is so easy to focus on our own reactions. How do we center and love those people who are hurting and not center ourselves.
• Emotions are data, emotions are valid.
• We each contribute to how others feel silence.
• What role will silence play in our lives and on our teams?
• Voice is not just the words we say in a meeting, but how we move through the world.
• Battle hypothesis around leadership - 80% of conversations are dominated by only two people in meetings, often we code leadership potential based on the quantity of speech, not the quality of speech
• If we spend our life channeling others voices, solving others problems, we lose the sense that we could show up and engage with agency. Basically saying “Who am I?”
• Ask 2 questions - "What do I think?" and "What do I need?" This starts to recultivate the sense of self that gets lost as you move through the world.
• Where we live is just one dimension, not to discount it, but none of us are monoliths and what’s most interesting from working on 6 continents is… people are people.
• Silence can be strategic. It is part of our tool set and part of our self preservation.
• In what ways have I learned silence? In what ways is my voice worthy or worthwhile? What ways do I unintentionally silence others?
• Let's normalize there are different ways of showing up, different ways of thinking.
• People don’t intend to silence each other, but we do incline each other towards silence by making it harder and easier for people to show up as they are.
• We are enough! What if we are enough as we are? Loving ourselves is a way to show up for each other.

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