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The approach<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

What Languages Reveal<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t
For fifty years, I have stood at the crossroads where the words of leaders intersect with the issues at stake in meetings.<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n
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That\u2019s the interpreter\u2019s spot\u2014and few spots offer such a view.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

From there, before anyone else in the room, one senses the gap between what a person says and what is really going on: the hesitation beneath the confidence, the threat beneath the courtesy, the door left ajar beneath the refusal.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

I witnessed, in a courtroom where the unspeakable was being tried, an interpreter realize that the defendant was using the translation delay to regain control\u2014and whisper to the judges: \u201cSlow down, rephrase.\u201d Nothing in his mandate authorized him to do so.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

At the height of a crisis between two powers, I saw the deadlock broken not by words exchanged at the negotiating table, but by a risky remark made in a hallway, off the record.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

And I\u2019ve seen the opposite happen: in a hospital emergency room, a single mistranslated word\u2014a term that means \u00abpoisoned\u00bb in one language and \u00abdrunk\u00bb in another\u2014can turn a person\u2019s life upside down. An interpreter who fails to point out the ambiguity does not betray the words; they betray the person.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

From these fifty years, I have learned this: what really matters rarely comes down to public statements. It comes down to a quiet word, spoken at the right moment to the right person\u2014that one remark that no one notices, yet changes everything.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n

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To direct, like to interpret, is to stand at that crossroads with full awareness\u2014and to know what the words, and the silences, reveal there.<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n
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What I am sharing with you<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Available in all languages and in all theaters<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

For half a century, I have interpreted these situations for others. Today, I am offering this insight to you\u2014not to interpret them for you, but to help you learn to do so yourself.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Before a negotiation, a first day on the job, or a board meeting where everything hinges on multiple languages, I\u2019ll prepare you to walk into the room already knowing what lies beneath the words. We\u2019ll work on your personal style: how you\u2019re perceived outside your home environment, where your intentions and the actual impact differ, and when to push forward and when to let things breathe.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

I\u2019ve seen brilliant leaders stumble not because of the substance of their arguments, but because of their tone\u2014pushing when they should have asked questions, taking an opening remark at face value, or unintentionally making a statement sound harsher than intended. These pitfalls can be anticipated. I\u2019ll teach you how to spot them coming.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

And I\u2019ll share with you what the booth has taught me: the outcome rarely hinges on a dramatic gesture, but on the right word, spoken at the right moment\u2014the one that quietly changes course.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n

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You should never walk into an important meeting\u2014a board meeting, a negotiation, or a first day on the job\u2014without having weighed all the stakes. Not just those on the agenda: those playing out under the table, in the looks exchanged, in what goes unsaid. Yet that is exactly what most leaders do: prepared on the substance, but ill-equipped for everything else.<\/p>\n\t\t

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That\u2019s where I make sure you\u2019re in the best possible position.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Before every critical moment, we work together to map out the issues\u2014both obvious and hidden\u2014and define your strategy: what you\u2019re aiming for, what you won\u2019t compromise on, and what you\u2019ll let the other side believe. You no longer walk into the room hoping things will go your way.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

You go in having deliberately stacked the odds in your favor.<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n
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The method<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

A challenging conversation, in three parts<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n
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Listen<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Understand where you are, without judgment or agenda.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Clarification<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Identify what really matters - your values, your obstacles, your ambitions.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Transformation<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Build together the path to where you want to go.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n

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Ready to accompany you.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\tDiscover accompaniments\n\t<\/a>\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

L’approche Ce que les langues trahissent Pendant cinquante ans, je me suis tenue au carrefour o\u00f9 la parole des dirigeants croise l\u2019enjeu des r\u00e9unions. C\u2019est la place de l\u2019interpr\u00e8te \u2014 et peu de places offrent une telle vue. De l\u00e0, avant tout le monde dans la salle, on per\u00e7oit l\u2019\u00e9cart entre ce qu\u2019une personne dit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catherinewinkler.coach\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catherinewinkler.coach\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catherinewinkler.coach\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catherinewinkler.coach\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catherinewinkler.coach\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/catherinewinkler.coach\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137,"href":"https:\/\/catherinewinkler.coach\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions\/137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catherinewinkler.coach\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}