Good day to you friends. As I was going through the internet this morning I stumbled across this post in a blog like mine but with so much cool posts that will change your life. And I decided to import this particular post into my blog for peeps that love to read my posts( thanks for doing that, you are the best!). So please endeavour to ponder on this as it relates to communication. I have discovered that a lot of people speak but few really communicate. Enjoy!
6 steps to transformational conversations:
1. Listen to their passions and ideas. Ask them to tell their story. Listen for achievements and frustrations. Successes illustrate competencies; frustrations reveal unfulfilled passions .
2. Repeat it back. Tell them what you hear but don’t pressure them to agree with your initial impressions. Clarify and embrace, again.
3. Say yes to their hopes. Forget your hopes for them; uncover their hopes for themselves – hopes they don’t yet know theyhave. Your greatest power is helping others find their greatest hopes.
4. Explore next steps. Avoid eatingthe whole elephant; help them take a bite. Leadership is always about next steps, always. You aren’t leading till they can explain next steps .
5. Set the next meeting. Once you find a compelling next step, say,“I’d love to hear how that goes.When can we get together nextweek?”
6. Say, “How can I help?” Open doors and share insights but never do for.
Bonus:
Never let distant uncertainties prevent the pursuit of near certainties.
Culled from http://leadershipfreak.wordpress.com
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