Use Different Accents in HR Communication

Posted on Thursday, May 29, 2008 by Frank Roche

Actress Amy Walker demonstrates 21 accents in 3 minutes in this video. Embedded in her work is a question for you in HR: How many employee accents do you use when you communicate with employees?

I’m not talking about putting on a fake drawl, or mimicking some B-actor in a bad movie. I’m talking about paying attention to your audience. Understanding how they talk. Recognizing the words they use. You see, we live in a polyglot world, and even though we appear to be speaking the same language in business, oftentimes we’re not. G’day.

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