The Eleven Ground Rules List
- November 6, 2018
- Eric Douglas
Communication between people can be harmonious, even downright civil, even though emotions are high and differing viewpoints struggle to prevail.

Communication between people can be harmonious, even downright civil, even though emotions are high and differing viewpoints struggle to prevail.
Studies show that people are motivated by many different things. Money ranks in the middle of the list.
This post contains three tools that will help you re-learn how you communicate.
The word communication literally means “to make common.” At its most basic level, it means letting your needs be known. At its highest level, communication means building strong, trusting relationships with people whose perspectives are very different from your own. The educator and psychotherapist Virginia Satir wrote, “Once a human being has arrived on this …
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Change happens because people talk. Conversation is the work that people must do to change. The problem is, most leaders forget that their role is to create forums where people can talk about their work, ask what could be improved, and listen to their suggestions.
People often ask me what the secret is to high-performing organizations. I surprise them by saying: “Talk.” As consultants, one of the first things we look for is the level of talk, the quality of talk, and who’s doing the talking.
Here are 10 Straight Talk communication styles images drawn from our blog posts.
Now that you’ve learned about your style of communicating and how to identify the styles of the people around you, how can..
In file cabinets, photo albums and desk drawers, most of us have more photographs of ourselves than we will ever have time to sort through.
The word communication literally means “to make common.” At its most basic level, it means letting your needs be known. At its highest level, communication means building strong, trusting relationships with people…