Archive for August, 2007

Scissors Paper Rock - Dealing with Avoidance

Posted by Sharon 29 August 2007

At a recent Negotiation Skills course I ran, some of the group wanted to know more about how to deal effectively with the “Avoiding” conflict mode. The following day I played scissors, paper, rock and made the connection - every conflict mode has a mode that can “beat” it. Avoiding “beats” Competing because it doesn’t […]

You’ve got the look

Posted by Sharon 21 August 2007

I have been browsing blog sites and am impressed at the look and feel of some of my colleagues, so be prepared for a change in the next months.
I particularly like the Anecdote blog, on whom I modelled my blog, but something got lost in translation. I also love the images on Viv McWaters’ […]

Expertise and Responsiveness - what you need depends on where you’re going

Posted by Sharon 21 August 2007

It’s confession time.
Even though I (Sharon) have been in the consulting/training game for over 15 years, I still find it very difficult when I am expected to “tell people what they should do”, without any knowledge of their particular situation. So in order to satisfy this demand in the past, I have become an expert […]

Miracles do happen

Posted by Sharon 13 August 2007

In my programs I sometimes ask people a “miracle question”, a visualisation activity, where they get to imagine that they go to sleep and a miracle occurs overnight and the problem that is facing them is resolved so that they wake up to a new future. I’ve found it useful for groups who are […]