Here's some tips on emotionally intelligent communication, based upon NonViolent Communication (NVC) by Marshall Rosenberg and used on our communication training courses and emotional intelligence training.
Separating Observations from Judgements in Communication
Observations are facts that could be recorded by a video camera that no one would argue with. They are specific, impartial ...
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Here's a communication types outline from the communication training courses Integration Training runs. Which type you and employees are has big implications for leadership and management. Thanks to Francis Briers for this one.
4 Communication Types
The Amiable
Also known as:
Phlegmatic
Feeler
People Man
Helper
Interpersonal Symbol: Dove
The Amiable person:
wants to ...
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Guest blogger and motivational coach and performance poet Louise Taylor on business and poetry:
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“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. Gloria Steinem
Twisted River
Performance Poetry by Louise Taylor
A twisted river flows,
it knows
the way.
Warmly wriggles
over bare toes.
Speeding flows
wash stony ...
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This came up in a stress management workshop so as soneone who always enojys a really good night's sleep these days but didn't used to I thought I'd share.
Sleep Strategies - How to Get a Good Night's Sleep
The amount of sleep a person needs varies, if you need an alarm clock you may not ...
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- 7 Tenets of Conscious Business
The notion of using work, especially business, as a spiritual practice may seem ridiculous, however I believe it is not only possible but necessary in the modern world. I’ve been employing employment as personal spiritual discipline for the last three years and I’d like to share some ...
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You are dying. You will one day be worm food. You’re a gonner. You will certainly shuffle off your mortal coil. Maggots will feast on your eyes and beetles will dance in your chest. Trees will suck up your cells and spew them out into the air. You’re gonna snuff it. Life ends, ...
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