Joe Hays, responding to John Warfield wrote:
>Practicing approaches to inquiry as opposed to advocacy is just one way.
>Asking questions, however necessary, are insufficient, as they can be as
>full of criticism and presumption as direct statements. If anyone has an
>honest, constructive alternative response to perceived criticism and
>threat to ego than defensiveness and counter-bashing, I'd like to hear
>about it.
I believe it was Trond Sjovoll who shared with us the alternative response
he was learning to use: Thank You. Since his post, I've tried to keep
that at the tip of my tongue.
Thank you Joe, for this invigorating thread.
--Ginger Shafer The Leadership Dimension "Bringing Leadership to Life" vshafer@azstarnet.com
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