Found 21 bookmarks
Newest
How to Build a Culture That Honors Quiet Time
How to Build a Culture That Honors Quiet Time
Across our society today, norms of noisiness run deep. Demands like constant connectivity and maintaining a competitive advantage still prevail in most office cultures. Few organizations prize or prioritize pristine human attention. But there are simple strategies we can employ in order to find our own personal sanctuaries and to shift broader cultures. By reclaiming silence in the workplace, we can create the conditions for reducing burnout and enhancing creative problem solving.
·hbr.org·
How to Build a Culture That Honors Quiet Time
Why to validate someone—even when you don't agree — Commcoterie
Why to validate someone—even when you don't agree — Commcoterie
Validation means that you recognize another person’s thoughts, feelings, or behaviors as understandable. Communicating that recognition is one of the most important parts of active listening. It shows another person that we hear them and provides an invitation for them to elaborate if they choose. S
·commcoterie.com·
Why to validate someone—even when you don't agree — Commcoterie
Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED Talk | TED.com
Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED Talk | TED.com
When your job hinges on how well you talk to people, you learn a lot about how to have conversations -- and that most of us don't converse very well. Celeste Headlee has worked as a radio host for decades, and she knows the ingredients of a great conversation: Honesty, brevity, clarity and a healthy amount of listening. In this insightful talk, she shares 10 useful rules for having better conversations. "Go out, talk to people, listen to people," she says. "And, most importantly, be prepared to be amazed."
·ted.com·
Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED Talk | TED.com