Silence is thunderous with meaning. It’s riotously potent, stridently present. I love silence. I believe we should all speak up more for silence. And listen out for it too. We can do more with silence. I’m not being deliberately eccentric or contrary – a communications professional speaking up for silence. All of us already know the simple truth about the power of silence. That truth is wrapped up in timeworn phrases like silence speaks louder than words, silence is golden and deafening silence. And I’m not claiming to have uncovered new terrain. It’s just that silence often gets overlooked as a force because it is, well, silent. When it comes to communication, silence offers many pathways. Let’s saunter down two of them. Corrosive silence Have you ever worked anywhere where the people in charge resolutely and unthinkingly withhold information from their employees? Of course you have! We all have.  The end result of this type of carry on, if it happens over a reasonable amount of time and for no deeply sound and self-evident reason, is as predictable as it is brutal: trust dies.  Silence from leaders is not quiet. It is LOUD. People notice silence. When organisations choose not … Continue reading YOUR SILENCE SAYS SO MUCH