October 19, 2009
People Intelligence
How We Think
One of the most important aspects for the success of an entrepreneur is the ability to increase our People Intelligence through developing our relationships skills. The foundation to our relationships is our skill at the Conversation. Below are a few tips to help guide you in your conversations. When you follow the outline below your conversations will transform, your relationships will deepen and your success will be assured
Outline for the Authentic Conversation
Know your outcome for your conversation. To create the greatest influence in your conversation, apply the following intentions:
- Intend to enhance learning and understanding through the conversation.
- Be authentic with yourself and others.
- Be honest. To be honest means to disclose with good intentions, both to yourself and others.
- Intend to empower and enrich the relationship with everyone present.
- Listen for what is not being said.
- Be fully present, with genuine interest to notice how the whole person is responding.
- Put aside the tendency to be liked or make another feel liked. Use your conversations as a vehicle to evolve yourself and the relationships you are in.
- Identify your contribution to the issue of the conversation and state your desire to resolve the issue.
- Clarify your partner’s views and be committed to understand.
- Acknowledge how you can understand how they can feel that way.
- Acknowledge what has been learned. Clarify where you both are now. Ask for any additional conversation. State what the new agreement is now.
- Create a commitment as to how to hold each other accountable to the agreement.
Love & Light
Gary De Rodriguez