This week’s behaviour is treating others with dignity and respect. This is the third behaviour in the leadership practice of Enabling Others to Act and builds off last week’s vlog post and behaviour of actively listening to diverse points of view. As I explore in this week’s vlog, it’s not…
Are You Listening to Diverse Points of View?
Think about a meeting you were recently in. it was probably an online meeting because of the pandemic, right? Were you actively listening, or were you doing something else? Distracted by your mobile maybe, or thinking of the next meeting, conversation coming up? Did you seriously ask for input, ideas,…
How Do We Listen to Understand?
Stephen Covey said that we need to listen to understand not to respond. Communications is the foundational piece and building block that I use in my work with clients. It is the primary Soft Skill that everything else builds upon. Understanding who we are starts here. In this weeks Vlog…
First, we had COVID then we had the knee…
As leaders how do we process what is happening right now? Heck, how do we process it as humans? There is a quote by MLK that states that we will remember not the words of our enemy’s, but with the silence of our friends. But as a white privileged…
Coaching, communication, Executive Coaching, Leadership, Leadership Development, Listening, Self-Awareness, Soft Skills
What Does It Mean To Really Listen
In my upcoming book (hopefully to be available this fall) I explore the importance of Soft Skills development. Two of these skills are verbal and non-verbal communications: its nature of being a “two way street,” the need for both a sender and a receiver in order for the communication to…