Listening
Listen to the Children
Recently I came across this brief video of young children sharing ways in which they deal with stressful times when anger comes to the surface of their feelings. Seems like we have an opportunity to learn from the youth. Check it out at https://youtu.be/RVA2N6tX2cg. There is a connection here to the power of listening with…
Read MoreThe Importance of Empathy
As leaders, we know that offering the gift of empathy to another can make a big difference in building a trusting relationship and, in turn, elevating results. Brené Brown offers a clear explanation of what empathy means. Go to https://youtu.be/1Evwgu369Jw to see for yourself. In the past, some leaders may have looked upon empathy as…
Read MoreProductive Conflict – Essential for High Functioning Teams
Very few people would say, “I’d like to have more conflict in my life, please.” Additionally, few teams would request additional conflict between and among members. Yet, as Patrick Lencioni author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (2002) says, “All great relationships, the ones that last over time, require productive conflict in order to…
Read MoreTrust and Vulnerability Go Hand-In-Hand for Success
If you have ever participated in a “trust fall” you have a very good understanding of how trust and vulnerability go hand-in-hand. Having experienced this sensation, I can personally attest to the accuracy of the statement. You climb up about six feet and have people, some smaller in size than you say, “Come on! We’ve…
Read MoreHumility vs. Hubris
Results Coaching Global faculty instructors and coaches had a strong presence at the 2019 Learning Forward conference held in Dallas earlier this month. As we presented, coached and had casual conversations with others during this learner-focused conference, we continued to receive push back on the idea that “advice is toxic”. People embrace coaching—to a certain…
Read MoreJust Listen
At Results Coaching Global, ya’ll know how often we talk, think and reflect on the critical skill of “committed listening.” We all know our brains are wired to distract us – it’s physical! The good news is that with Time, Attention, Repetition, and Positive Feedback (TARP) we can all become highly skilled at listening. Let’s…
Read MoreThe Samurai Serving of Listening
Cash Nickerson, author of the Samurai Listener, offers us another tool. He took the act of listening apart, identifying its parts with the acronym ARE U PRESENT. He offers this helpful tool to support each of us to be Mindful of how we listen. Awareness: Start with basic awareness. Get your face out of your phone, and…
Read MoreListening – Let’s “Just Do It!”
Listening is a magical tool that is essential for our hectic, crazy, stressed world. Listening offers a pathway for others to breathe. So many come to us in distress – so much stress that it creates a cry for help that looks like they need an emergency exit from the pain or pressure and are…
Read MoreYour Prescription: Determine Ways to Increase Your Ability To Listen with Commitment
LISTENING is an act of caring and generosity. It seems so easy, yet consistently it ranks the lowest rated behaviors in the 360-degree feedback assessment for leaders. Dan McCarthy says it’s a leadership disease – PLS – Poor Listening Syndrome. Listening first to understand is one of the most important skills of ‘coach leaders’ to support growth, reflection…
Read MoreManaging our Biases
We define coaching as being nonjudgmental. Yet we know that we do have judgment, biases and filters that pop up as interference from time to time as we are acting as thinking partners with another. The first step in managing our own biases, filters, judgments, and assumptions is to recognize that we have them and…
Read More