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Techniques for Real Dialogue in Organisations
Gerard Leigh, Business Consultant, United Kingdom, Premium Member
How does one get people to see the difference between advocacy and dialogue? Many conversations that take place in organisations are designed to have (or at least result in having) a winner i.e. "My argument or idea is better than yours…", or "I am more senior, therefore we'll do it my way".
I am interested in techniques that people have used to help people see the benefits of real dialogue....
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Tools to Appreciate Dialogue
Jaap de Jonge, CEO, Netherlands, Editor Hi Gerard, when I read your question in my mind immediately the 6 Thinking Hats method came up so that is why this discussion was moved to this knowle... |
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True Dialogue for Change to Happen
srinivas, Lecturer, India, Member We all have backgrounds and we speak based on our earlier experiences. Maybe the tendency to lean towards our past is stronger when the structures tha... |
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Keep Focused on the Purpose of the Dialogue?
Roland Alech, Consultant, France, Member My way is to keep everybody focused on "what do we try to achieve?", i.e. the desired result.
Dialogue becomes an exploration of the different po... |
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Tools for Crucial Dialogues
Johan Roels, Consultant, Belgium, Member Hi Gerard, I've written a book (in Dutch language) that encompasses all the techniques I have used in order to have successful Crucial Dialogues (in f... |
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Techniques for Dialogue in Organizations
melchiorre calabrese, Manager, Italy, Member I think that you have all done good reflections about the topic proposed by Gerard Leigh. We can summarize everything in this statement:
Advocacy... |
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Value Perspective
Justine Bradney, Consultant, Australia, Member Hi Gerard,
If you are after dialogue, then valuing the perspective of others is a way to go.
This moves away from the exchange being about i... |
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