{"id":17345,"date":"2026-02-20T06:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/?p=17345"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:54:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:54:54","slug":"the-power-of-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/the-power-of-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17345\" class=\"elementor elementor-17345\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdaefed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cdaefed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d67fb6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"d67fb6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4819e96 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4819e96\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04936da elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04936da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Even my AI clone knows: Connection requires more than a text<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f50ee6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f50ee6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In this 7-minute &#8216;Leadership Deep-Dive,&#8217; I\u2019ve tasked an AI version of my voice to sit down with an AI host\u00a0 &#8216;Alex&#8217; to explore the themes of this post. While the audio is synthesized, the message on <b data-path-to-node=\"8,0\" data-index-in-node=\"191\">High-Touch Leadership<\/b> is 100% human-driven. Listen in while you&#8217;re on the move.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0590a17 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"0590a17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2608746\/19030058?client_source=small_player&iframe=true\" \r\n        width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Leadership Breakthroughs\">\r\n<\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df3a1d0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"df3a1d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-210de13 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"210de13\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a86c81a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a86c81a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Communication or Connection<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faae251 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"faae251\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em data-start=\"434\" data-end=\"518\">What do I seek when I send a text? Am I trying to connect? Or merely to be heard?<\/em><\/p><p>*<em data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"593\">Have I ever felt closer or more distant after a message thread?<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f6b4b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f6b4b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Relationship Opportunities Lost?<\/h2><p>Texting is only one example of how we habitually choose <strong>High Tech<\/strong> and <strong>High Task<\/strong> over <strong>High Touch<\/strong> in our important interactions. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a07e35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a07e35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"628\" data-end=\"969\">There&#8217;s a paradox. In an age of unprecedented access, the richest exchanges aren\u2019t happening in texts, emojis, or threaded replies. They happen when we risk vulnerability, nuance, silence, and <em data-start=\"894\" data-end=\"905\">presence,<\/em> the very things that stripped-down digital tools can\u2019t deliver.<\/p><p data-start=\"971\" data-end=\"1345\">Sherry Turkle, who has studied this evolution deeply, put it this way:<\/p><blockquote><p data-start=\"971\" data-end=\"1345\"><em><strong>&#8220;We\u2019re \u201cconnected, but alone.\u201d <\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote><p data-start=\"971\" data-end=\"1345\">We carry devices that promise constant access to others, but these same tools subtly teach us to avoid the messiness of real-time interaction, the pauses, the eye contact, the unedited responses that reveal <em data-start=\"1280\" data-end=\"1285\">who<\/em> we are to one another.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19f3bac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"19f3bac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-917a0b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"917a0b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/Text-screen-600-683x1024.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17526\" alt=\"text-screen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/Text-screen-600-683x1024.gif 683w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/Text-screen-600-200x300.gif 200w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/Text-screen-600-100x150.gif 100w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/Text-screen-600-768x1152.gif 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfd771f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cfd771f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13481c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13481c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc257dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc257dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-start=\"1432\" data-end=\"1799\"><li data-start=\"1432\" data-end=\"1500\"><p data-start=\"1434\" data-end=\"1500\"><strong data-start=\"1434\" data-end=\"1498\">When was the last time a text truly deepened a relationship?<\/strong><\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1501\" data-end=\"1570\"><p data-start=\"1503\" data-end=\"1570\"><strong data-start=\"1503\" data-end=\"1568\">What emotions get lost between typed words and sent messages?<\/strong><\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1571\" data-end=\"1674\"><p data-start=\"1573\" data-end=\"1674\"><strong data-start=\"1573\" data-end=\"1672\">How often do we choose <em data-start=\"1598\" data-end=\"1610\">efficiency<\/em> over <em data-start=\"1616\" data-end=\"1626\">endeavor<\/em> \u2014 replying fast instead of listening fully?<\/strong><\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1675\" data-end=\"1799\"><p data-start=\"1677\" data-end=\"1799\"><strong data-start=\"1677\" data-end=\"1799\">If human connection is messy and unpredictable, what does our preference for controlled communication reveal about us?<\/strong><\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c0ddfc elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c0ddfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"1801\" data-end=\"2157\">Here\u2019s the underlying thought: texting and once-removed communication aren\u2019t simply neutral tools. They shape our expectations of one another \u2014 and of ourselves. They offer control and polish at the expense of vulnerability and presence. That\u2019s not always bad on its face, but it <em data-start=\"2081\" data-end=\"2087\">does<\/em> change what connection feels like, and what it <em data-start=\"2135\" data-end=\"2142\">takes<\/em> to achieve it.<\/p><p data-start=\"1801\" data-end=\"2157\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2448989 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2448989\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Discover Jeremy Boone&#8217;s Insights on Connection<\/h2><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/redir\/redirect\/?url=www.WinningLeader.com&amp;urlhash=Yiev&amp;isSdui=true&amp;lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base%3Be%2BOyMuLZTi2y1DiK5vikOQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeremy Boone<\/a> is an accomplished coach who helps athletes and athletic teams achieve higher levels of performance. We share the same <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/services\/talent-assessment-development\/\">assessment tools<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p><p>His TED Talk on <em><b>Connection<\/b> <\/em>is both a potential mindset changer and a game changer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed10a56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed10a56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9517091 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"9517091\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/wrT3rVKWXmo?si=6D5E8FXDWEzbO7oH&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:8,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b88bbdb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b88bbdb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c62b301 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c62b301\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Challenge Yourself<\/h2><p>This week, notice when you reach for a screen instead of a face. When you\u2019d rather edit a message than risk a real conversation. And then ask,<\/p><ul><li>\u201cWhat am I avoiding?<\/li><li>What might I gain if I chose connection instead of convenience?\u201d<\/li><\/ul><p>That\u2019s where the real leadership breakthrough happens, not in mastering new tech, but in mastering the courage to connect beyond it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6989805 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6989805\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Jeremy&#8217;s Two Connection Questions to Ask Yourself\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2><p>In the video, he contrasts empathy and compassion. 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