Tag Archives: talk
Summer Solstice: A long day’s dream of peace and truth-telling
As we enter the longest day of the year—could we fill the extra sunlit hours with words of kindness, truth, understanding and compassion? Maybe we should talk about truth-telling and love. Could we forgo the lies and hatred too many people are spewing. WATCH:) http://youtu.be/cjm0uk2JO58 Sadly, the words spoken are full of half-truths and hatred—probably [...]
Don’t Let Technology Screw Up Your Relationships
A Harris Interactive survey for Whitepages.com released findings on what communication modes are most open to misunderstanding. Not surprisingly, 80% of adults found it most easy to misinterpret the tone of e-mail. Seventy-eight percent found text messages to be misleading, while 71% could also be put off by letters. Consider this: all these modes are [...]
What Happens When We Don’t Communicate With Our Employees
Tasks are repeated because instructions aren’t clear. Morale plummets and rumors abound when a managing partner engages in doublespeak regarding the firm’s future. Administrators constantly battle employee retention because of the poor interpersonal skills of some professionals. Precious time is wasted in meetings that are exercises in egos rather than solutions. Valuable staff leave because [...]
Four Communication strategies to increase your Talk Quotient (TQ)
STRATEGY # 1: CONDUCT A TALKING STICK MEETING A talking stick meeting allows everyone to hear a wide variety of ideas and inputs because each person who “holds the stick” is assured free speech, no reprisals, no humiliations, and no interruptions. Many native American tribes used the stick as a way of allowing all voices [...]
In Tough Times-Silence Is NOT Golden
In the face of this severe, take-no-prisoners economic downturn, far too many organizations are responding in knee-jerk reaction to the thought of holding all but the smallest of meetings. Training budgets are slashed. Employees hunker behind their desk, hoping that no one from HR can find them or else they’re huddled around a PDA, text [...]