Look who's talking!

So, it's not true then. Apparently scientists have found we females don't chatter away madly and men are not strong silent types after all. We all talk as much as each other. (Strange, the things scientists spend their time on.)

According to Relate, the marriage guidance people (who now appear to be called 'relationship specialists'), what's more important is whether people are introverts or extroverts. Introverts get much of their energy from their internal world, so they're happy to think things through to themselves. Extroverts get their energy from other people, so they talk more.

Classic quote from Relate's Paula Hall in this BBC article, who says the problem isn't how much people talk, it's how much people listen:

"If women listened more we might find men talked more than we thought, and if men listened more they might find that women actually don't talk rubbish all the time. Some of what we say is actually valuable."

How about a study on which of the sexes listen more then? Now THAT would be interesting!!

Comments

[Liam]

Nice to see some facts creeping in there lady

Liam

[Sue]

You wouldn't be implying I normally talk rubbish, would you? Some of what I say is actually valuable you know. The lady from Relate says so. I shall remind you of this regularly!

[Liam]

Being provocative that's all!

Actually it's an interesting challenge though. You know I've been working on the new courses including the one about winning support for IC plans...

Well I keep wondering is, given as you claim that 70% of IC people are women - not a reflection of the world of management - whether the frustration that many people have at not having their ideas understood is something to do with the boy/girl thing...

So...(deep breath and prepare to be misunderstood here...) is the key for IC managers being more impactful being more male-brained? (not suggesting that we all have to talk about sport and beer)

Liam