Employing Differences, Episode 147: Do I have to listen to them?

03/07/23 • 16 min

"The first thing we want to say is let's get away from the ‘Do you have to?’ or ‘Are you willing to?’ and really live in the space of ‘Can you?’"
Paul & Karen talk about obligation, willingness, and capacity.

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Employing Differences, Episode 146: What can a facilitator say?

"As a facilitator, if I'm noticing that the patterns in the way that the group is working is not helping the group move forward towards its goals, it's usually useful to say something about that. In a way that the group can hear, in a way that isn't shutting people down, it isn't demeaning."
Paul & Karen discuss the impact a facilitator’s words can have.
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Employing Differences, Episode 148: Is this process worth it?

"Yeah, we got it on paper. But we didn't get it in, as you might say, 'people's hearts and minds'. We didn't get it in a way that shows up in people's behavior, or that results in compliance or support of whatever the thing was that we were working toward."
Paul & Karen discuss the impacts of ways of working together on being together.