Episode

Why We Sound Unconvincing in Conversations — Even When We Mean Well

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Communication Psychology and HR – with Gerhard Ohrband

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May 23, 2026

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726

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Summary

Most people prepare forconversations by thinking about what they want to say. But conversations are not speeches.They are unpredictable, emotional, and psychologically complex. Often, we arenot only talking to the other person — we are also reacting to invisibleobservers, social expectations, fear of judgment, and our own innercontradictions. And that is exactly why peoplesometimes sound unconvincing even when they are sincere. #Communication #Psychology#CommunicationSkills #Leadership #EmotionalIntelligence #BodyLanguage#SelfAwareness #PersonalDevelopment #Conversations #CommunicationPsychology