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CALM - Curious Active Listening Mindset - Coach Takeshi

CALM: How to Make Active Listening a Habit

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There are two parts to being a good active listener: doing active listening well, and being an active listener consistently, … Read More

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conversational intelligence, critical thinking, emotional intelligence, feedbacking, high performance leadership, NVC (nonviolent communication), reflective leadership
KISS Your Work Stress Goodbye: Practical Steps to De-complicate and Regain Footing

KISS Your Work Stress Good Bye

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What stresses you at work? For our Mental Model Dōjō session on March 20, 2024, we tackled the topic of … Read More

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emotional intelligence, feedbacking, NVC (nonviolent communication), reflective leadership
Managing Smart People, Managing Quiet People

Managing Smart People, Managing Quiet People (post session recap)

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One of the objectives of the Mental Model Dōjō community sessions is to create space for people to discuss hard-to-put-a-finger-on … Read More

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7 Telltale Signs of Waterfall Agile

7 Telltale Signs of Waterfall Agile

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waterfall agile [ˈwɔːtəfɔːl aj-ahyl]: the paradoxical phenomenon observed in large organizations where agile transformation is attempted to be delivered with … Read More

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What is an authentic conversation?

What is an Authentic Conversation? (Follow-up post to “Authentic Conversations and the Art of Feedbacking”)

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Authentic Conversations and the Art of Feedbacking

Authentic Conversations and the Art of Feedbacking

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Watch on YouTube References Transcript Why is it so hard to have an authentic conversation? The type of conversation that … Read More

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Curious Active Listening Mindset as a Leadership Modality - Directional Talk or Dialogue?

Curious Active Listening Mindset (CALM) as a Leadership Modality

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Directional Talk, or Dialogue? Previously I shared CALM for receiving critical feedback. You can also have a Curious Active Listening … Read More

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Curious Active Listening Mindset for Receiving Feedback

How to Receive Critical Feedback in a Breeze: Try CALM – “Curious Active Listening Mindset”

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Receiving critical feedback is dreadful. Our defensive routines get triggered and however we might understand that the feedback giver is … Read More

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Feed-Forward Positive Feedback with the FFF Feed-Forward Formula

Feed-Forward Positive Feedback with the FFF Feed-Forward Formula

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When we think of feedbacking, we tend to just do “corrective feedbacking”; i.e. feedbacking on things to improve. Don’t do … Read More

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Radical Candor: My Go To Feedback Routine

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Radical Candor: Care Personally, Challenge Directly Scott’s idea is that guidance is praise and criticism. And the best way to … Read More

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