Posts filed in Understanding.
Seek First to Understand
Posted by Reid Neubert on Oct 19th, 2009. Related posts: Communication Skills • Influence • Understanding.
A former client of ours, a marketing executive, used to remind himself and his staff to seek “first to understand, then to be understood.” That sage advice is from The Seven Habits of Highly... More »
Are We Really Supposed to Be Enemies?
Posted by Guy Harris on Jul 16th, 2009. Related posts: Collaboration • Cooperation • Friendship • Understanding.
This week, my wife and daughter brought home a movie – The Boy in The Stripped Pajamas – for us to watch as a family. The movie is based on a novel of the same name that chronicles the story... More »
Disagree? How to Keep Talking Instead of Arguing
Posted by Kare Anderson on Jul 9th, 2009. Related posts: Book • Conflict Resolution • Understanding.
He takes a stupid stand. (Translation: he hit my hot button.) My first response is to dislike him. (Apparently that’s a universal reaction.) My distaste shows on my face and in my tone, despite my attempt... More »
Is Greed the Answer to Society’s Problems?
Posted by John T. Cacioppo on May 18th, 2009. Related posts: Productivity • Trust • Understanding.
President Barack Obama has met with heads of state to mend fences and find common ground on which trust and cooperation might be built, while Bernard Madoff confessed to orchestrating an investment Ponzi... More »
Understand The Perspective, Don’t Label the Person
Posted by Guy Harris on Apr 6th, 2009. Related posts: Communication Skills • Family • Men in Relationships • Trust • Understanding.
Everyone on the planet has some descriptive word or set of descriptive words attached to them. These descriptive words represent gender, personality style, religious beliefs, race, country of origin, and... More »
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