In my last post, (Time Machine Conversations) I talked about slowing down and focusing on one conversation at a time. Anyone who wants to improve (or save) personal or professional relationships has to slow down and focus on the fundamentals. If the reminder to slow down belongs on a t-shirt, I would like to offer another reminder - spotlight time. A question I often ask when running leadership development programs is “How many people do you know that are gold medal listeners?" Usually about one-third of the people in the audience raise their … [Read more...] about Spotlight Time
Time Machine Conversations
In the movie Superman (1978 - starring Christopher Reeve) Superman travels back in time to save Lois Lane from an earthquake. Wouldn't it be great if we could travel back in time - and save our conversations? I run leadership development programs and workshops for executives and senior managers. We talk about soft skills - the stuff they didn’t teach us in school. I ask the following questions to participants at the beginning of programs: If time travel was possible, and you could go back to a conversation you had in your past - and have another shot at it…how … [Read more...] about Time Machine Conversations