Too Much Focus On The Message Ruining Your Message?
Often people focus on the message too much. However, it’s not just the message as Alex “Sandy” Pentland writes in “The New... Read More
Management by Email Effects on Teambuilding
There are many reasons why managers might prefer management by email (MBE). It is an efficient communication tool. It impacts teambuilding, a... Read More
Management Tips From Changing Taste Using Stories
Posted on07 May 2012
Tagsfood, IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad, interpresonal, interpretation, intuition, liquor, placebo, Placebo Management Series, politics, presentation, relationships, storytelling, T.A. Breaux, Talent, taste, The Atlantic, Wayne Curtis
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Storytelling plays a valuable role in marketing. It seems though with foods it plays another role. That is one of changing taste... Read More
Reflection Tip to Build Strong Relationships in Conversations
We often don’t learn the value of listening techniques in building relationships. Consequently, people might not realize we are listening; the reflection... Read More
Toxic Soil Analogy: Good Ideas Planted on Bad Relationships
Posted on23 Apr 2012
Tagsanalogy, cognitive bias, conflict, conflict management, organizational culture, diversity, emotions, employees, facts, heartfelt, ideas, leadership, management, minds, perception, rationale, relationships, strategy, Toxic Soil Analogy, vision
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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
Relationship Building Technique #7: Summarization
Posted on16 Apr 2012
Tagsconfidence, facts, ideas, information, instructions, listen, logic, opinions, quality, relationship building techniques, Relationship Building Techniques Series, relationships, summarize, understanding
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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 #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
Need a Breakthrough? Delegate Upward
Posted on15 Mar 2012
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A manager requested my advice about moving a stalled initiative forward. Nothing seemed to move from the meetings with her. After sharing... Read More
Relationship Building: Insincerity & Personality Differences
In response to my post, “Relationship Building Technique #4: Acknowledgement,” a reader emailed the following observation: I often find this is a... Read More
