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Baby talk intervention
I have an extern I supervise is a professional office who is prone to baby talk.....not all the time, but a good chunk of the time. She never spoke like that when I interviewed her, so I've been thrown. She's doing good work. But, as her mentor, I feel the need to speak to her about how she communicates with others. I'm a bit stuck on how to approach it though.
Re: Baby talk intervention
Is is possible to meet w/ her and do a 3 month/ 6month (or however long she's been there) review? Talk up things you've been impressed with, etc, then gently broach the topic of impressions and over all professionalism and how you've noticed that she often talks in a "high pitched voice" (try to avoid the term baby talk, at least at first) that can be a bit distracting. And then try to keep the spin on that you want her to have a good, professional image and you're concerned that this way of speaking may impact her image.
Depending on how she reacts/ where the conversation goes, maybe drop in something about how it may come across as "baby talk" and that it is (again) distracting in a professional setting.
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Good thoughts...thank you both....I will try a bit of both sets of suggestions I think.