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Getting To Agreement

Strategy Driven

It’s possible that by pushing our own agendas and not focusing on what might be common values and consensus, we are perpetuating harm and causing others to defend their beliefs. Change needs consensus: win-win is key (we know there is no such thing as win/lose). This content is intended for personal and non-commercial use only.

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The Skills of Kindness: a guide for sellers, coaches, leaders and facilitators

Strategy Driven

It’s necessary to listen using a different part of our brain (not Active Listening) that we’ve never been taught to use intentionally. Otherwise, our great content will only connect with those folks whose beliefs systems already mirror the incoming data. with buy-in, consensus, and no resistance.

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We Don’t Know How to Hear Each Other: how biases distort our conversations

Strategy Driven

We need a way forward to choose behaviors that maintain our Beliefs, Values, and Identity AND find common ground to listen to each other and come to consensus with action steps to help us all heal. I’m going to offer some steps for us to dialogue and reach win/win consensus. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

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The Discipline of Listening

Harvard Business Review

It was a simple technique that disciplined him to listen intently for the important content and focus follow-up questions on points that really mattered. Active listening and probing (with humility, not aggression) energizes groups, encourages them to reach consensus, and helps them arrive at new and better solutions.