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It’s Better to Disarm Than to Strongarm

In any conversation where there is a potential for disagreement, it’s tempting to try to force – strongarm – the other person in to compliance or agreement. While that sometimes works, it’s not generally the best way to gain agreement and cooperation. It’s generally better to disarm the other person – to take away the issues that might cause a confrontation – than to strongarm – to use force to “make” the other person do what you want done. In this episode, I’ll share a specific example of where and how this idea applied.

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Dealing with Two Potential Communication Challenges

Two situations frequently occur in leadership communication: the conversation that has gone off on a tangent and the conversation that need more time and you either don’t have the time or the information to finish it. This week, I’ll offer simple strategies to deal with either of these situations.

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Learning from Skilled Negotiators

What does leadership communication share with negotiation? In a word – persuasion. Coaching, implementing change, and collaborative problem solving all call on leaders to address areas of disagreement and to lead the conversation towards agreement. That skill is basically negotiation. This week, we’re exploring key skills of negotiators that can help leaders become more effective.

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Disagree Without Being Disagreeable

When you disagree with another person’s perspective, solution, or opinion, a very natural approach is to simply disagree. And, that approach rarely wins their heart and mind. To persuade and influence, learning to disagree without being disagreeable is more likely to invite them to at least consider your opinion.

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Four Ways to Improve Your Communication Effectiveness

This week’s episode collects a number of ideas from across the skills of effective communicators and combines them in to a list of four specific things you can do to improve your communication effectiveness. You’ll hear both specific techniques and broad concepts you can learn to apply to all of your leadership communication efforts.

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Hosted By Guy Harris

Trainer, speaker, coach and author. Married father of two with grandchildren. Loves woodworking, building projects, writing code, cooking, and roasting coffee.

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