Subscribe
You are having a conversation and someone says something that presses your button(s). The bait and hook are dangling in front of you. If you react, you may end up talking your way out of the water and straight into their net. It is a choice. Usually it is best for the fisherperson to know [...]
Category: Dialogue Skills
Transformational Dialogue: Where Giving and Receiving Come to Play
Presentation for M.A. Psychology Department of Clinical Training and Professional Development at Pepperdine University on November 1, 2011. As clinicians, we predominantly engage folks in conversations. And for the most part, we are the primary technology in the room. Transformational Dialogue is a particular kind of conversation that co-creates an environment where change and transformation [...]
Navigating the New Normal – Together
My wife was recently at a networking event, and the conversation drifted into how to have the difficult conversations with family about the new normal. Even though the topic was about finances, there was an underlying recognition that this was not an easy conversation, because it was full of emotions, expectations and change. Who do [...]
Can we talk?
The other day I was having lunch with a friend who works in the technology industry, and he said something that has really been working me. He was talking about how the mobile device industry is headed to a place where we will have one separate device that interfaces, or talks with, with all of [...]
Living in the Land of And
I was recently in Greenville, South Carolina providing training on the art and skill of facilitation for a major international corporation. They had wisely decided that prior to implementing a lean process improvement initiative; their folks needed specific training around facilitating process, if a process improvement initiative was going to be successful. Having seen other [...]
Why gather the folks?
I think that a default setting for a lot of organizations is to gather people for meetings because that is the way we have always done it. It may not be the best way of doing things, but it is a tradition. These traditions can be seen in: weekly, monthly, quarterly or annual meetings. Don’t [...]
The Soul of Learning – Where Reflection and Dialogue Come to Play
I am currently participating in an online study and dialogue about the book, The System – Seeking the Soul of Commerce by Rick Stephens and Elane V. Scott from the organization, Birth2Work. I agree with the authors that the current education system and our current culture of learning fall short in preparing students for the workforce. [...]