Thanks to Eliott Washor, Founder of Big Picture Schools, for sharing your wisdom around the history of education and academia. Socratic dialogue is all about asking good questions. In fact, education in its purest form is about asking great questions.
Posted in Blog | Tagged Communication Skills, Effective Relationships, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, student engagement | Leave a commentWhat do you do when somebody keeps telling you, “You should ______.” ? Say, “Thank you for your opinion.” This person has an opinion about your life, and world, and truly believes that he knows what is best for you.
Posted in Blog | Tagged Communication Skills, Effective Relationships, Social Intelligence, soft-skills | 1 Comment“What if it doesn’t work?” “What if we try that and then everyone wants one?” “What if they come back with even more demands?”
Posted in Blog | Tagged Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Leadership | Leave a commentI recently read an article in the March 2012 issue of Hemispheres Inflight Magazine, “Who Wants to Be a Manager?” They reported on a study by OfficeTeam that discovered 76 percent of workers had “no interest” in gaining their manager’s position. The article goes on to report about the accounting firm, Deloitte LLP who implemented [...]
Posted in Blog | Tagged Change Management, Effective Relationships, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Leadership | 2 CommentsResponsibility is the ability to respond, not react. Reacting requires no skill or self-control. It is an impulse that’s executed pre-consciously. And all too often, reacting gets us into trouble.
Posted in Blog | Tagged Communication Skills, Leadership | 2 CommentsKeep it short! End of blog post. I thought about doing that and… that would not be very effective. (Click here to learn some tips for effectiveness) On a serious note, if you are not getting responses to your e-mails you may want to review how you are sending out your content. Also ask yourself, [...]
Posted in Blog | Tagged Communication Skills, Effective Relationships, Employee Engagement, Leadership | 1 CommentIf someone in your place of business came up to you in person and asked you a question, would you respond with an answer? Yes, of course you would. So, why do you not answer all of your e-mails?
Posted in Blog | Tagged Communication Skills, Effective Relationships, Employee Complaints, Employee Engagement | 1 CommentEmployee performance is an ongoing issue for all employers, and I have the good fortune of helping companies show their appreciation for remarkable performance every day. And, I know of a local performance consulting and training company who specializes in building remarkable employees. So I was excited when I ran across this article, 8 Qualities [...]
Posted in Blog | Tagged Effective Relationships, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Leadership, Professional Development Services | 1 CommentA new study in the “Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking” journal, reports that Facebook elevates mood. What does this mean for business? How should employees engage with Social Networking Sites (SNS) on the job? Or should they at all? Another, question may be, can employers control it?
Posted in Blog | Tagged Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Leadership, Trust In the Workplace | Leave a comment“Why is your report late?” “Are you really going to wear that to the party?” “Shouldn’t we give her another chance?” “What, exactly, do you mean?” Don’t you just love loaded, indirect questions? Even the way I worded this question is loaded…because I’ve already decided the “right” answer is YES.
Posted in Blog | Tagged Communication Skills, Effective Relationships, Leadership, Process Communication Model, Social Intelligence | 1 Comment