Some well-timed humility can help you influence your colleagues and make you more successful, says Stanford University communications lecturer Matt Abrahams.
are often seen as confident, gregarious and unapologetic — but the most humble people in a workplace can actually carry the most influence, says communication expert
"Humility is a way of lowering your status or power that sets up another person to feel equal or higher to you," Abrahams, an author and strategic communications lecturer at Stanford University, tells CNBC Make It. "If I think you and I are on the same team or closer to the same level, I'm much more likely to open up ... It's a tool that allows you to connect."
You have to use the strategy in moderation, and earnestly, for it to be effective, says Abrahams: "People can smell humblebrags."Thoughtfully responding to questions and compliments is an easy way to display humility, according to Abrahams. "When I say, 'I'm still working on my communication skills,' I'm really trying to take pressure off the other person and show that we're in this together," says Abrahams.
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