Category: Communication & Conflict
Communication File – Improve Communication By Eliminating Insinuation
Learn about how insinuation causes conflict Summary: Using insinuating language (insinuations) is a cowardly and week method of attacking another person without taking responsibility for one’s opinions or position. Learn about insinuation and the damage it causes to effective communication….
Defusing Hostile People Guide
Principles of Defusing Hostility Follow these principles when dealing with an angry person to succeed! Deal With Person’s Feelings First An angry person needs to have the issue AND their feelings addressed in order to start interacting constructively. The angrier…
Internal Communication Strategies – The Neglected Strategic Element: Communicating within the company is as important as communicating outside the company
Special Report Internal Communication Strategies – The Neglected Strategic Element Most organizations, be they public or private understand the importance of strategic communication with customers and/or stakeholders. Hence we have marketing and communication specialists to produce communication plans for external…
Applying Bacal’s Law of Meaningless Utterances – Understanding language and communication – meaningless utterances
Amazing Language_ Much of what we say means nothing at all Applying Bacal’s Law of Meaningless Utterances People say all sorts of things, and make all kinds of statements. Some of those are very meaningful, even profound and worth paying…
Ten Tips On Using Relationship Quizzes To Understand Yourself And Your Partner
There are tons of quizzes online (below is a list and links to a number of self-assessment instruments you can use free of charge) and in magazines that can help you better understand yourself and your relationships, but you need…
Winning With The Impossible Colleague: You can’t shoot difficult colleagues, but you can manage the relationship to reduce aggravation and disruption
The Challenge For the past few years I have had to work fairly extensively with a colleague who is just impossible. He is arrogant, stubborn, sometimes abusive, and acts like he is right about almost everything. At first I tried…
