![]() “For it is important that awake people be awake, “If you don’t know the kind of person I amĪnd I don’t know the kind of person you areĪ pattern that others made may prevail in the worldĪnd following the wrong god home we may miss our star.” In a recent TED talk that Susan Scott gave called The Case For Radical Transparency, she shares this verse from a poem called “ A Ritual To Read To Each Other“, by William Stafford: An organization culture of “terminal niceness” or one that effectively confronts and transforms negative behaviors?.Being overwhelmed by complexity or being able to resolve issues collaboratively and quickly?.“Us versus them” or high levels of engagement?.Focusing on activities or focusing on results?.The positive benefits of being able to have fierce conversations in our organizations are substantial. Take a look at these examples and decide in which environment you would prefer to lead and work. What is the most important decision we’re facing? What is keeping us from making it?. ![]() What topic are you hoping I won’t bring up?.How have we behaved in ways guaranteed to produce the results with which we are unhappy?.What is the most important thing we should be talking about today?.What are we personally pretending not to know? What is our organization pretending not to know?.Try these questions next time you want to have a fierce conversation: How do you even start fierce conversations? Take responsibility for your emotional wake.Come out from behind yourself into the conversation and make it real.Master the courage to interrogate reality.Here are Susan Scott’s 7 Principles of Fierce Conversations that when practiced will help prevent these pitfalls. ![]()
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