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How Suggesting Ways for People to Improve Can Backfire on You

When you are in a leadership role, you will have conversations where you are discussing other people’s behaviors, words, approaches to work, and results. Eventually, you will need to help the other person find a way to improve in at least one of these areas, and you will be tempted to offer a suggestion for improvement. Be very careful in this moment. Even with the best of intentions, trying to help another person improve can quickly backfire on you. This week, we’ll take a look at this situation and I’ll offer some strategies on navigating it more successfully.

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The Power of Communication or Personality Models

Last week I discussed the problem with every communication or personality model, and this week I’m looking at the power of them. There are three things you can learn from every communication or personality model if you use them properly and mindfully.

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The Problem with Every Communication or Personality Model

Every communication and/or personality model shares a common problem – even the DISC model that I use and teach has this problem. In this episode, I’ll share with you both the problem and the answer for how to use these models even though they have this problem.

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It’s Better to Disarm Than to Strongarm

In any conversation where there is a potential for disagreement, it’s tempting to try to force – strongarm – the other person in to compliance or agreement. While that sometimes works, it’s not generally the best way to gain agreement and cooperation. It’s generally better to disarm the other person – to take away the issues that might cause a confrontation – than to strongarm – to use force to “make” the other person do what you want done. In this episode, I’ll share a specific example of where and how this idea applied.

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Dealing with Two Potential Communication Challenges

Two situations frequently occur in leadership communication: the conversation that has gone off on a tangent and the conversation that need more time and you either don’t have the time or the information to finish it. This week, I’ll offer simple strategies to deal with either of these situations.

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Trainer, speaker, coach and author. Married father of two with grandchildren. Loves woodworking, building projects, writing code, cooking, and roasting coffee.

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