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 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 CommentsWe are grateful for this recent article our local newspaper, the Newton Kansan, published about us! Next Element helps companies to communicate effectively.
Posted in News | Tagged Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Effective Relationships, Leadership, Process Communication Model | Leave a commentChatting, Elevating and Golfing “An expectation, as they say, is a resentment waiting to happen.” – Jon Carroll We tend to agree with Jon Carroll. For more on our thoughts about expecting, read Nate’s posts: Want vs. Expect, Hanging Out With the Stars, and Jeff’s post: To Versus With
Posted in Newsletter | Tagged Communication Skills, Effective Relationships, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Leadership, Process Communication Model, Trust In the Workplace | Leave a commentIn this very special event, hosted by our client PKM Steel, best selling author of Sixty Seconds to Yes, and national speaker, Don Spini will be speaking in Salina, KS on April 28. Don will be presenting on his ICore propietary program with special focus on skills-based training in three specific disciplines; influence lead-generation accountability [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Communication Skills, Effective Relationships, infuence, lead generation, Leadership, Professional Development Services, sales | Leave a commentKeep 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 CommentWe’re excited to announce a new offering at Next Element. We look forward to seeing you on Google+ soon! Have you attended an Next Element Seminar? If so, here’s an opportunity to chat with, and ask Jeff questions. For 1-hour, you and 9 other individuals will be in a chat room with Jeff King. This [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Effective Relationships, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Leadership, Process Communication Model, Social Intelligence, soft-skills, Trust In the Workplace | Leave a comment