The Recovering Engineer

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The Positive Runs Out

The Recovering Engineer

We discussed the webinar, and, as we spoke, I remembered an event from a training class I lead on this topic one time. During the training class, I made the point that only positive reinforcements encourage people to give high-level, maximum effort. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience.

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How to Tell If a Conflict is Good or Bad | Guy Harris: The.

The Recovering Engineer

If a conflict conversation is destructive, use the Seven Secrets for Resolving Personal Workplace Conflict to move the conflict in a positive direction. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. If a conflict conversation is constructive, let it go to completion. It is likely to turn out well. Photo by jphilipg.

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Effective Communication Skills: Use And More than But

The Recovering Engineer

Even if what I say is positive, you probably have a bit of a defensive posture in receiving what I am about to say. The second reply creates a more positive lead-in to the second part of the statement. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. I have probably triggered a natural defensive mechanism.

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Communication Tips: Connecting With Reserved, Task-Oriented People.

The Recovering Engineer

Use data and third-party information to support your position — they want to know that you have done your homework. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Talk about thoughts more than feelings — while they are not totally unemotional, they are more likely to be persuaded by thoughts than by feelings.

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Exercise Your Power of Choice in Conflict Resolution | Guy Harris.

The Recovering Engineer

.&# You reach a point in the conversation where you have to make a choice to stay on the road or to take the right fork that leads you back to the main highway of resolution and positive interaction. The truth is that we almost always have a better and more positive option we can choose. Photo by tonystl.

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Communication Tips: Connecting With Outgoing, Task-Oriented People.

The Recovering Engineer

Show them respect — they also want you to show respect for them, their position, and their work. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Look them in the eye and speak-up — they seldom have patience for people who do not have confidence.

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Take It, Leave It, or Change It

The Recovering Engineer

Did it offer us more positive or more negative? If it was more positive, we needed to go forward without complaining about the negative because we had chosen to accept it into our lives for the moment. Attempt to exert positive influence on those things that I couldn’t directly change. In my case, I chose to stay.