{"podcast":{"title":"Communication Psychology and HR – with Gerhard Ohrband","slug":"communication-psychology-and-hr-with-gerhard-ohrband-7155749","podcast_index_feed_id":7155749,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f68ea69c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.thegomethod.org/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/41265439/41265439-1777975091199-c1e7402ce7432.jpg","author":"Gerhard Ohrband, MA in Psychology (University of Hamburg/Germany)","episode_count":132,"summary":"I’m Gerhard, a communication psychologist and consultant from Hamburg, Germany, working with HR teams and leaders in Moldova, South Eastern Europe, and beyond. Here, we explore the psychological research behind everyday HR and workplace communication — without buzzwords and without pretending everything is easy. Each week, we unpack one topic that HR professionals often hear about but rarely understand from a scientific perspective.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/communication-psychology-and-hr-with-gerhard-ohrband-7155749"},"episode":{"title":"Why We Sound Unconvincing in Conversations — Even When We Mean Well","slug":"why-we-sound-unconvincing-in-conversations-even-when-we-mean-well","published_at":"2026-05-23T12:52:10+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/communication-psychology-and-hr-with-gerhard-ohrband-7155749/why-we-sound-unconvincing-in-conversations-even-when-we-mean-well","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/communication-psychology-and-hr-with-gerhard-ohrband-7155749","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gerhardohrbandenglish/episodes/Why-We-Sound-Unconvincing-in-Conversations--Even-When-We-Mean-Well-e3jpo17","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f68ea69c/podcast/play/120430055/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-23%2F424741948-44100-2-4535e07f8028.mp3","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","meta_description":"Most people prepare forconversations by thinking about what they want to say. But conversations are not speeches.They are unpredictable, emotional, and ps…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":726,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/communication-psychology-and-hr-with-gerhard-ohrband-7155749/episodes/why-we-sound-unconvincing-in-conversations-even-when-we-mean-well/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/communication-psychology-and-hr-with-gerhard-ohrband-7155749/why-we-sound-unconvincing-in-conversations-even-when-we-mean-well.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}