Name Calling Shuts Down Healthy Thinking

Primitive Thinking that Shuts Thinking Down All politicians all do it. At least, I can’t think of a single politician who doesn’t do it. Yet in name-calling, they are actually practicing a very primitive form of thinking. Rather it is one that is appropriate for […]

Power Conversations

~ Article written by L. Michael Hall PhD ~ Like sex, money, and religion- power is both highly desired and greatly feared and even more, difficult to talk about. Yet we must. Power is everywhere in life, ever-present, and inescapable. But how can we have […]

Unpacking The Depth Of Coaching Conversations

~Written by Michael Hall~ Unpacking The Depth And Finding The Critical Things In A Coaching Conversation If you start from the idea that hidden inside of your client’s statement are much deeper references, then you will more likely to slow the coaching conversation down and […]

True Challenge and Pseudo-Challenge

Article Written by Dr.L Michael Hall. Can you use a real and true challenge in your communication? There is the skill of challenging and there are a large range of things that can challenge a person. There are also many things that you could call […]

Receiving Feedback

“Feedback is the breakfast of champions.” -Ken Blanchard • Do you receive personal and informal feedback like a pro? • How does a professional receive feedback that shaped their skills into expertise? Almost no one has been trained in taking feedback effectively. So most of […]

Giving Feedback

Is Feedback On The Daily Menu? Feedback works like a mirror – it mirrors back what and how we are doing Giving Quality Feedback While we call feedback “the breakfast of champions”, most of us do not include it on our daily menu. While we […]