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Monthly Archives: March 2010
It’s okay to create more than you need
A movie is not a perfect entity. It grows and breathes and in the end tells you what it needs to be. So you have to over-write a little. You have to get more than you you think you’re going to actually need. Because you actually don’t know until you’re editing what you’re going to [...]
Posted in Passion, Persistence Tagged corporate training, George Clooney, inertia, Jason Reitman, Juno, Up In the Air Comments closed
An Emotionally Intelligent security checkpoint in Indianapolis
I’ve got to admit – I hate airports. I hate the whole process of traveling through, how long everything takes, the dehumanizing feeling of going through security – the terrible, overpriced institutional food, the ridiculous never changing threat level of orange (when was the last time the threat level wasn’t orange?). And when I’m moving [...]
Posted in Passion, Purpose Tagged Dixie Friend Gay, Emotional Intelligence Works, emotionally intelligent airport, Indianapolis Airport, Influence training, Influence: The Power of Persuasion Comments closed
Change Up the Teams
“Change up the teams!” – This is my advice for any team, group of people, family, anyone either mired in turf wars or in conflict with someone else. Whenever I lead collaborative team building programs, it usually involves a few different challenges, with small teams ending up working together on (hopefully) excelling at the challenge. [...]
Want to be a good influence? How to take their foot off the brakes
In Quixote Consulting‘s Influence: The Power of Persuasion and Change Quest training programs I teach that there are there are seven levers to positively influence someone to change. Howard Gardner, the father of the multiple intelligences theory, in his book Changing Minds names seven levers that either help or hinder persuasion efforts. We looked at one of the two [...]
Posted in Training Tagged amygdala, change, Change Quest, Changing Minds, Clinton, corporate training, decreasing resistance, effective influencing, Emotions Revealed, empathy, empathy training, Howard Gardner, Influence, Influence training, Influence: The Power of Persuasion, Influencing skills, Marshall Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication, Paul Ekman, Quixote Consulting, Reagan Comments closed
Want to be a good influence? Three ways to step on the gas
Why are some attempts to influence effective while other change efforts fail miserably? What does it take to change a mind, whether it’s someone else’s or your own? In Quixote Consulting‘s Influence: The Power of Persuasion and Change Quest training programs I teach that there are there are seven levers to get someone to change. Howard Gardner, [...]
Posted in Training Tagged change, change management, Change Quest, Changing Minds, Daniel Pink, effective influencing, empathy, honesty, Howard Gardner, Influence, Influence training, Influence: The Power of Persuasion, Influencing skills, Kouzes and Posner, Quixote Consulting, resistance, resonance, The Leadership Challenge, trust Comments closed
Spring! What’s growing inside you?
Happy spring! Welcome to the first workday in your new season. Here’s a poem from Pablo Neruda to mark your passage into a new season. Spring The bird has come to bring light to birth. From every trill of his, water is born. And between water and light which unwind the air, now the spring [...]
Posted in Passion, Persistence, Purpose, Put It Together Tagged Pablo Neruda, seed, spring Comments closed
Why is asking questions one of the two most effective ways to influence?
In Quixote Consulting‘s Influence: The Power of Persuasion training program I teach that there are two powerful techniques to positively influence any interaction with anyone, regardless of the setting. Let’s look at the first one – asking questions. Whether you have just met someone, have had a long relationship with them, have done your homework [...]
Posted in Training Tagged amygdala, Howard Gardner, Influence training, Influence: The Power of Persuasion, Influencing skills, Nonviolent Communication, Quixote Consulting Comments closed
Will persistence make Kevin Durant the next NBA MVP?