It’s my quest to create learning and development opportunities that are ripe for conversation. Conversation that leads to action. Last week I was facilitating a workshop on Dealing with Difficult Behaviors. Participants were asked to look into their own worlds – yes, it can be a scary situation, and identify one conversation they’d like to have a Re-Do on.
After some initial conversation, the questions started to fly.
Yeah, but…I tried that before and it’s not going to work, what should I do?
They’re a jerk – and of course they are going to act the same way, what should I do?
I tend to be simple in my approach on this one…do YOU want to change the way in which you have conversations with this person? It’s a very simple YES or NO. No explanation is needed. I just need to know if you want to or not. If you’re interested – then we have one conversation. If you’re not interested, we have a different kind of conversation.
This is the JUICY part!
Engaging someone in a way where it’s clear there is going to be some responsibility to move things forward is what I am about. It comes out in a number of ways in the workshops I facilitate.
This commitment to action – really doing something – is what’s needed if we truly expect anything to be different. Since I’ve only figured out how to change the way I approach things – and can’t change the way others approach it. I choose to start there.
Where do you choose to start?
