Communication
30 years of blissful marriage
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This week my wife and I are celebrating 30 years of extraordinary marriage, and 35 years of being together. We met on the day of my 20th birthday. It was love at first sight, and after 5 years of dating…
Brutal honesty is not enough.
In my last blog I emphasized the importance and benefits of creating an open, honest, authentic and courageous communication environment in teams and in life. In this blog I want to dig a little deeper.
Living…
Blunt honesty is the right approach both in business and at home.
I love working with leaders who are relentless about driving a culture of open, honest and courageous communication around them. These leaders are about high performance and they have zero interest in,…
Generating Breakthroughs in Challenging Relationships (Part 4): Rules of Future Engagement
How do you take a challenging relationship — personal or professional — and transform it into one built on trust, respect and intimacy?
Over the last three weeks, we have examined the first three…
Generating Breakthroughs in Challenging Relationships (Part 3): Starting From Scratch
How do you take a challenging relationship — personal or professional — and transform it into one built on trust, respect and intimacy?
Over the past two weeks, we have examined the first two steps…
Generating Breakthroughs in Challenging Relationships (Part 2): Zeroing Out the Past
How do you take a challenging relationship — personal or professional — and transform it into one built on trust, respect and intimacy?
Last week, I outlined four steps for generating this kind…
Having Effective Conversations to Build or Restore Trust in Any Relationship
There are some people with whom we easily build trusting, productive relationships — people with whom we connect and take our relationships to the next level without much trouble or controversy. But…
Different Behavior Means Better Meetings
In our last blog post on this topic, we talked about the difference between a meeting that is organized around an agenda and one that is oriented around outcomes. In today’s post, we further explore…
Talking About What You Are Not Talking About
What do you consider to be the key drivers of your group’s effectiveness? Is it their ability to raise and address difficult issues? Is it their skill at being able to come to alignment on common goals…