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Hi everyone. I'm Matt Abraham's your guest host for the week. Welcome back to Radio Headspace.

Today we're talking about engagement.

Too often people think engagement means being flashy, funny, or performing.

But real engagement comes from connection, from making your audience feel like you're speaking

to them, not at them.

We'll explore why people lose attention, how energy and presence make a difference,

and what small shifts, like telling a story, asking a question, changing your tone of voice,

can reignite curiosity. I believe attention is the most precious commodity we have in the world

today. Our attention is constantly being pulled

in different directions. It's hard to get attention, but what's even harder is engagement. It

is critical to get engagement because when you do, you then truly conform the connection that

you want. I'm often brought in to coach senior leaders on how to be more engaging in their communication.

We've all been part of those all-hands meetings or planning meetings that just drone on and on.

They're full of lists and facts and spreadsheets. And while that information is essential

and critical, it can be delivered better. There's one situation I was brought into where I was

working with a leader who was trying to unveil a new strategy. And his strategy had 14 pillars to it. Let me tell you, that was the first

warning sign. What we did is we got rid of the 14 pillars. We found that they aligned nicely

with three key values the company had. And with each value, we made sure to have some kind of engaging point to it.

In one case, he told a story that reflected the value. In another case, he used an analogy that we could all relate to.

And then finally, what he did was he had a participative activity where he asked us each to think about something and how

that could be reflected in what this particular strategic idea was about. We took a very

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