You might never sound like James Earl-Jones, but you can become better, and that is worth some effort. Fear not, you can train your voice to become more compellingly resonant. So, if we are compared to this speaker, and we are found lacking in the lower registers, we are going to come off second-best.īy this point, you may be worried that you are neither very tall nor have you smoked many cigars in your lifetime, and so could never enjoy the benefits of a deep voice. Nevertheless, the effect of his superior communication skills is very real. The pitch of the speaker’s voice simply has no bearing on anything other than his ability to communicate. You should bear in mind that, even though a leader with a booming baritone isn’t necessarily more competent, neither is he less competent. Perhaps when we hear a deep-voiced person we simply think, “Oh that person sounds quite adult.” As we grow and develop, our voices become deeper, richer, and we come less excitable in our vocal intonations. I tend to think it might have more to do with maturity. A longer neck does result in a naturally deeper voice, so maybe there is some credence to that idea. So, why do we have this predisposition towards following these throaty thought-leaders? Perhaps it is a signal to our more primal minds that the speaker is big and therefore, strong, so we should follow their physical superiority. If a charismatic leader coerces his team down an unprofitable path, they are no better off for having had the pleasure of his silver tongue. I certainly don’t mean to downplay the usefulness of influence and persuasion, but they are only as good as the direction they influence or persuade towards. What interested the researchers was, could the deeper voice actually signal better leadership qualities? Could there be an inbuilt mechanism which helps us to select quality commanders? The unsurprising answer is no. As you might have guessed, the voters went with the deeper voiced candidate.
A person’s vocal characteristics have no bearing on any of the abilities currently relevant in the working world, except maybe the ability to influence others.Ī recent study published in Evolution and Human Behaviour looked at how pitch influenced voter behaviour. Of course, this perception of competence is just that, perception. It’s a fact that is as intuitive as it is statistically verifiable. Pitch, the characteristic of how high or low a voice sounds, can make a speaker sound like an established, confident veteran or an unconfident, and perhaps even incompetent, rookie.
And surprisingly, this important communication of your qualification all comes down to one characteristic, pitch. This vocal denotation of authority and leadership is consistent whether you are presenting a product to an investor or leading a team. Part of that representation is your authority, how qualified you are on the matter.
Your voice conveys how you feel about the subject matter of your discussion it draws the listener’s attention to those parts you wish to highlight to them it defines and represents you, the speaker, to the audience. So much is said of appropriate body language and positioning in the room, yet – in my opinion – your voice is by far the more important factor. The power of your voice is something I try to impress upon the folks in our classes.
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