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When given a deadline you know you really cannot meet, propose an alternative you can meet – that’s called making a counteroffer. If you don’t counteroffer when you know something cannot be done, you’re setting up yourself and others for failure. What do you do when someone asks you to do something you know you […]
Todd Sattersten, President of 800-CEO-READ, conducted an interview with Jeffrey regarding The Four Conversations. You can listen to the interview here.
We recently had a manager, let’s call her Lisa, ask “How do I motivate the people on my team to care about the project we have?” Interesting question, but it is misdirected. Rather than focusing on their motivation, we told Lisa to focus on her conversations. Motives and Motivation Managers and social scientists have long […]
The following review of The Four Conversations was written by 800-CEO-READ and posted on their bl0g. It is reprinted here with their permission. If you haven’t discovered 800-CEO-READ, we encourage you to check them out. They are a wealth of valuable information about business books. ____________________________________________ Jack Covert Selects – The Four Conversations Communication is […]
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