Relationship Building Technique #6: Synchronization
Posted on29 Mar 2012
Tagscompliments, conversationalist, emotions, listen, perception, phraseology, Relationship Building Techniques Series, relationships, subliminity, Techniques, Thoughts, understanding, word choice, words
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We often don’t learn the value of listening techniques in building relationships. Consequently, people might not realize we are listening; this needs... Read More
Relationship Building Technique #5: Encouragement
Posted on19 Mar 2012
Tagsacknowledgement, closed questions, conversation, conversation techniques, emotions, encourage, feelings, impression, listen, open-ended questions, perspective, phraseology, question, relationship building techniques, Relationship Building Techniques Series, relationships, Techniques, Thoughts, words
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We often think listening builds relationships. Many times this does not happen though. This is very true when we listen but people... Read More
Relationship Building Technique #4: Acknowledgement
We often do not learn the value of listening techniques in building relationships. This happens when we listen but people do not... Read More
Culture, Relationships Trump Vision, Strategy, Process
Businesses spend much money on developing their visions, strategies and processes; however, they spend relatively little on culture, which trumps all of... Read More
Relationship Building Technique #3: Pause
Posted on13 Feb 2012
Tagsconflict management, conversation techniques, emotions, feelings, gestures, listen, negative, pause, perspective, quiet, Relationship Building Techniques Series, relationships, Techniques, Thoughts
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We often don’t learn the value of listening techniques in building relationships. Consequently, people might not realize we are listening; this needs... Read More
Technique: Power of Names in Emails
Posted on06 Feb 2012
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People’s names are extremely powerful. Every day, opportunities to use names present themselves, but we don’t seize them. Names in emails, even... Read More
Euphemisms: Preferring Illusions to Reality
Posted on02 Feb 2012
Tags1984, A Few Good Men, cognitive dissonance, compensation, connotations, definitions, euphemisms, food, George Orwell, glass, illusion, Jack Nicholson, labels, Making Murder Respectable, phraseology, reality, sensitivity, The Economist, Tom Cruise, vanilla words, word choice, words
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Words have power, not only in their definitions but also, more importantly, in their connotations. The article, “Making Murder Respectable,” from the... Read More
Relationship Building Technique #2: Closed Questions
We often don’t learn the value of listening techniques in building relationships. Consequently, people might not realize we are listening; this needs... Read More
Strategic Complimenting (Pt 2): Six Expectations
Linda Hill and Kent Lineback write in their April 5, 2011 HBR Blog Network post, “Why Does Criticism Seem More Effective than... Read More
“Ask Don’t Tell” Inspirational Technique
Posted on19 Dec 2011
Tagsvalues, change, change management, cooperation, feelings, morale, motivation, names, power, using names
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People feel better about themselves when they feel they have power to effect change in their worlds. One of the best ways... Read More
