Adam Galinsky: How to speak up for yourself
Adam Galinsky: Osez vous exprimer.
Adam Galinsky teaches people all over the world how to inspire others, speak up effectively, lead teams and negotiate successfully. Full bio
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of this phrase exactly one month ago,
le véritable sens de cette expression,
sommes devenus parents.
when we got home from the hospital,
en revenant de l'hôpital,
enough nutrients from breastfeeding.
de nutriments grâce à l'allaitement.
to make a bad first impression
de faire mauvaise impression
neurotic parent.
névrosés ou cinglés.
the next day,
chez le médecin,
because he was pretty dehydrated.
formule infantile car il était déshydraté.
we can always contact her.
de ne pas hésiter à l'appeler.
mais j'y ai renoncé.
when we shouldn't,
au mauvais moment.
when I let my twin brother down.
quand j'ai nui à mon frère jumeau.
is a documentary filmmaker,
est documentariste.
from a distribution company.
grande entreprise de distribution.
en négociation
de faire une contre-offre.
about this dilemma of speaking up:
de partout sur la planète :
une demande audacieuse ;
are varied and diverse,
elles sont toutes différentes,
a universal tapestry.
nombreux points.
when they make a mistake?
lorsqu'il se trompe ?
who keeps stepping on my toes?
constamment dans mes plates-bandes ?
insensitive joke?
qui raconte des blagues déplacées ?
my deepest insecurities?
angoisses à mon conjoint ?
I've come to recognize
m'ont amené à comprendre
a range of acceptable behavior.
limite de comportements acceptables.
we push ourselves too much.
nous repoussons un peu trop nos limites.
his range of acceptable behavior.
lui paraissait inacceptable.
avec le médecin.
we're rewarded.
nous sommes récompensés.
we get punished in a variety of ways.
nous sommes punis de multiples façons.
or even ostracized.
ou nous stigmatise.
or that promotion or that deal.
ou d'une bonne affaire.
est la suivante :
our range isn't fixed;
c'est que notre limite n'est pas immuable,
based on the context.
selon le contexte.
that range more than anything else,
votre limite plus que tout,
in the form of alternatives.
il prend la forme du nombre d'options.
to a country, like an immigrant,
d'arriver dans un nouveau pays,
avec notre bébé.
and someone's the subordinate.
than the other person.
s'investit plus que l'autre.
we have lots of power,
en position de pouvoir,
une grande liberté d'action.
our range narrows,
notre limite se rigidifie,
the low-power double bind.
la double contrainte du faible pouvoir.
we go unnoticed,
the phrase the "double bind"
qui ont entendu cette expression
and that's gender.
le genre.
who don't speak up go unnoticed,
est ignorée,
qui s'exprime est punie.
the same need as men to speak up,
que les hommes,
over the last two decades
ont cependant démontré
like a gender difference
de faible pouvoir.
differences in disguise.
qu'une simple question de pouvoir.
between a man and a woman
un homme et une femme,
There's something fundamentally different
fondamentales entre les sexes.
for many sex differences
n'étaient la plupart du temps
de faible pouvoir.
means that we have a narrow range,
notre limite est rigide,
to expand our range.
de les assouplir.
two things really matter.
deux éléments essentiels :
in your own eyes.
puissant à vos propres yeux ;
in the eyes of others.
puissant aux yeux des autres.
marge de manoeuvre.
our range of acceptable behavior.
de comportement acceptables.
a set of tools today.
pour y arriver.
your risk of speaking up.
à diminuer ces risques.
got discovered in negotiations
les négociations,
less ambitions offers
des offres moins ambitieuses
at the bargaining table.
les hommes lors de négociations.
and Emily Amanatullah have discovered
ont découvert
where women get the same outcomes as men
buts et ambitions que les hommes
de quelqu'un d'autre.
and expand it in their own mind.
et n'hésitent pas à les dépasser
"the mama bear effect."
« l'effet maman ourse ».
défendant ses petits,
we can discover our own voice.
l'assurance nécessaire.
to advocate for ourselves.
en notre propre faveur.
we have to advocate for ourselves
through the eyes of another person.
les yeux d'une autre personne.
we have to expand our range.
pour repousser notre limite.
what I really want.
ce que je désire réellement.
your hand just like this:
a capital letter E on your forehead
draw this E in one of two ways,
que deux possibilités,
as a test of perspective-taking.
an E to another person.
pour la personne d'en face.
from someone else's vantage point.
du point de vue de quelqu'un d'autre.
is the self-focused E.
est un E égocentrique.
self-focused in a crisis.
about a particular crisis.
d'une crise en particulier.
in Watsonville, California.
de Watsonville en Californie.
up with a bomb."
didn't give him the money.
de lui donner son argent.
really important.
is going to be evicted
tout de suite ».
to rob the bank --
« inutile de cambrioler la banque,
fill out the paperwork."
defused a volatile situation.
grâce à sa mise en perspective.
and assertive, but still be likable.
tout en restant agréable.
but still be likable,
tout en restant aimable,
and you want to sell someone a car.
sur le point de vendre une voiture.
if you give them two options.
la vente si vous offrez deux options.
and a five-year warranty.
plus une garantie de cinq ans.
mais une garantie de trois ans.
people a choice among options,
plus d'une option aux gens,
to accept your offer.
d'accepter votre offre.
qu'aux vendeurs ;
work with salespeople;
and rejected everything.
refusait absolument tout.
had a brilliant idea.
une idée de génie.
à ma fille ?
OK, celle-là.
and without resistance.
et sans faire d'histoires.
around the world
où ils osent s'exprimer.
in my audience; when I have allies."
dans l'auditoire, des alliés. »
and the eyes of others,
et les autres le perçoivent également,
de précieux alliés.
especially in high places,
particulièrement ceux haut placés,
conseil aux gens.
they like us because we flatter them,
par notre démarche,
another double bind.
contre une autre double contrainte.
d'auto-promotion.
our accomplishments,
quelque chose sans en parler,
nous paraîtrions impolis.
about one of our accomplishments,
in their eyes but also be likeable.
et aimable à la fois.
si on perçoit notre stratégie.
when I have been forewarned
d'être averti à l'avance qu'on a conseillé
the advice to come ask me for advice.
pouvoir de venir me demander conseil.
à votre attention :
three things about this:
to come ask me for advice.
qu'on viendrait me demander conseil.
on the strategic benefits
sur les avantages stratégiques
because they asked for advice.
car ils m'ont demandé conseil.
more confident speaking up
nous nous sentons libres de nous exprimer,
experts du sujet.
de la crédibilité.
we already have credibility.
nous en avons déjà ;
we don't have the credibility.
nous ne pouvons être crédibles ;
we can come across as an expert
to go up to friend of theirs
vous ailliez tous voir un de vos amis
a passion of yours to me."
décrives ta passion. »
avec des gens de partout,
about the other person
hands were coming at me."
de me protéger. »
with a little higher pitch."
et leur voix est aiguë. »
as if telling me a secret."
comme pour me dire un secret. »
as you listened to their passion?"
entendant parler de leur passion ? »
« mes yeux s'illuminent.
in our own eyes, to speak up,
et le droit de nous exprimer,
from others to speak up.
nous le permettent.
when we come across as too weak.
lorsque nous passons pour trop faibles.
at work when they shed tears.
stigmatisés au travail s'ils pleurent.
we frame our strong emotions as passion,
émotions passaient pour de la passion,
disappears for both men and women.
qu'on soit un homme ou une femme.
from my late father
de mon défunt père,
brother's wedding.
de mon frère jumeau.
passion was cinema,
for my brother's wedding
pour l'occasion
in the human comedy.
dans la comédie humaine.
and enriching your performance.
et enrichir sa performance.
and work to improve their performance
et s'affairent à s'améliorer
de bonheur. »
ranges and roles in this world.
des limites différentes dans ce monde.
the essence of this talk:
les grandes lignes de ma présentation :
expanding and evolving.
et évoluent constamment.
en quête de conseils.
à la place des autres.
can use these tools --
of acceptable behavior,
de comportements acceptables,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Adam Galinsky - Social psychologistAdam Galinsky teaches people all over the world how to inspire others, speak up effectively, lead teams and negotiate successfully.
Why you should listen
Adam Galinsky is currently the chair of the management division at Columbia Business School. He co-authored the critically acclaimed and best-selling book, Friend & Foe, which distills his two decades of research on leadership, negotiations, diversity, decision-making and ethics. The New York Times says the book performed "a significant public service" and the Financial Times declared that Friend & Foe "fulfills its promise of handing the reader tools to be a better friend and a more formidable foe."
Galinsky has received numerous national and international awards for his teaching and research. He is only the second psychologist to ever to receive the two most important mid-career Awards in Social Psychology. In 2015, he was named one of the top 50 Thinkers on Talent by Thinkers50. In recognition of the quality of his teaching and research, he was selected as one of the World's 50 Best B-School Professors by Poets and Quants (2012).
Galinsky has consulted with and conducted executive workshops for clients across the globe, including Fortune 100 firms, non-profits and local and national governments. He has served as a legal expert in multiple defamation lawsuits, including a trial where he was the sole expert witness for a plaintiff awarded $37 million in damages.
Outside of his professional life, Galinsky is the associate producer on four award-winning documentaries, including Horns and Halos and Battle for Brooklyn, which were both short-listed for Best Documentary at the Academy Awards.
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