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Key Skill Least Taught and Mastered

May 11, 2025 By Tom Watkins

My partner said, You weren't listening, were you? and I thought, that's a weird way to start a conversation. I’m a pretty good listener, is a commonly-held self-perception. But when given skilled support to closely examine and self-assess their actual habits, few people are comfortable with the results. Many are surprised or dismayed to discover how far from ideal or adequate are their practices, even in unexceptional … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Attitude management, Dialogue skills, Habits of mind, Resource Library, Self-Management, Trust Tagged With: Interpersonal communication

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Gossip, Trust & Mistrust

April 6, 2025 By Tom Watkins

Do you gossip? No, never. I don't. But I’ll tell you who does … One of the principal characteristics of healthy interpersonal relationships is trust: our confidence in others’ good will, consistency, respectfulness, honesty, reliability, credibility, transparency, loyalty and other forms of behaving ethically and benevolently. Do you trust them?  is a question that reveals much about the quality of any relationship. [1] Collaboration is easier where trust exists and more challenging … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Attitude management, Dialogue skills, Group-work, Leadership, Organisation culture, Resource Library, Trust Tagged With: Attitude management, Conflict resolution, Habits of mind, Interpersonal communication

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