Life Skills…Important for Students?
Found this article addressing life skills and schools. What's happened to teaching young people the transferable skills they need and will apply throughout their lives (instead of how to pass tests)? Here's one perspective.
Positive Words
January 29, 2010 by Sylvia · Leave a Comment
Why is it that you can say the same thing as your colleague, yet your colleague gets a positive response and you receive a less-positive one? It could be that the words you use reflect a less-than-positive expectation or outcome. Incorporate positive words into your messages when you communicate.
Phrases That Inhibit Change & Stifle Great Ideas
January 29, 2010 by Sylvia · Leave a Comment
At times I work with an organization that states there is an Organizational Development (OD) issue. I continue when we realize there are communications issues. One of the challenges in Organizational Development is moving from identifying issues and developing solutions to actually effecting change. Individuals have enough of a challenge dealing with change. Convincing decision-makers to institute organization-wide change is sometimes akin to moving a mountain.
Phrases That Encourage Cooperation
January 29, 2010 by Sylvia · Leave a Comment
(Well…you were looking for this after the last post, weren't you?)
In a previous post I listed phrases we use that inhibit change. They were phrases that tend to signal "We won't change", "It can't be done", and the like. One reader wrote me directly suggesting approaches to dealing with some of the change inhibitors. He suggested the following responses to change inhibitors that represent lack of commitment on the part of leadership (not enough time, money, personnel, equipment, facilities…resources):
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