Toxic Soil Analogy: Good Ideas Planted on Bad Relationships
Posted on23 Apr 2012
Tagsperception, vision, Toxic Soil Analogy, strategy, relationships, rationale, minds, management, leadership, ideas, heartfelt, facts, employees, emotions, diversity, organizational culture, conflict management, conflict, cognitive bias, analogy
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Imagine soil so toxic that nothing will grow. No matter how good our seeds, our farming techniques and the weather are; nothing... Read More
Aligned Leadership And The Leadership vs Management Debate
In this post I want to show how informal organizational power and its role in leadership can produce different kinds of leadership.... Read More
People Eat Escargot, Not Snails
Posted on05 Apr 2012
Tagsphraseology, problem solving, rational actor theory, Roget's Thesaurus, taste, The Economist, word choice, words, analogy collection, food, behavioral economics, connotations, decisions, emotions
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The research behind behavioral economics is full of emotional solutions to everyday problems. By tapping into the emotional biases behind our decisions,... Read More
Relationship Building Technique #6: Synchronization
Posted on29 Mar 2012
Tagsphraseology, words, word choice, understanding, Thoughts, Techniques, subliminity, relationships, Relationship Building Techniques Series, perception, listen, emotions, conversationalist, compliments
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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
Regression Analysis: Visualizing Intuition
Posted on01 Mar 2012
Tagstendencies, subconscious, schematics, regression analysis, Intuition White Paper, intuition, feelings, emotions, conscious, cognition
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People often have unrealistic expectations for intuition, sometimes thinking it’s a crystal ball, magic lamp or answer giver. This usually stems from... 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
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
