Do your employees & co-workers trust you?
Do they feel respected, valued, and empowered?
Are they comfortable collaborating with you?
Or do they withhold, hide or try to handle problems independently, even when it might be inappropriate?
What about your partner?
Do they feel comfortable sharing with you?
Do you have emotional intimacy?
Or have you drifted apart, each living in your world?
Are you well connected with your (older) children?
Do they know & respect your boundaries?
Are they growing into responsible young adults?
Or are they defensive, discontent & dishonest with you?
If your relationships are not where you’d like them to be
If you would like to learn how to communicate better,
So that you have more trust from your staff, comfortable, open & honest communication with your partner,
and peaceful & productive conversations with your children—
There are five simple steps:
- Get calm, or at least neutral, by getting curious.
- State what you see.
- Validate their experience by showing you understand.
- Invite their solution.
- Evaluate your process so that you can communicate even better the next time.
