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When I speak at conferences or in seminars, I always get asked this question:
“How do you create a space for open dialogue?”
“How do you create a space for open dialogue?”
In today’s society, companies and employees are valuing the idea of transparency. In thought, in action and in behavior.
But we are also concurrently in a time that glorifies “cancel culture” which can make it hard for open conversations to happen.
But we are also concurrently in a time that glorifies “cancel culture” which can make it hard for open conversations to happen.
The biggest pieces of advice I can offer are:
1. Listen. Listen more than you talk. Internalize the conversation.
1. Listen. Listen more than you talk. Internalize the conversation.
2. Don’t be afraid to take on hard topics. The most uncomfortable ones are usually the ones needed the most.
3. Allow yourself to admit when you’re uncomfortable but be willing to have the conversation anyway.
4. Have meetings and conversations outside of the office. The casualness of the setting allows more honest conversations to occur.
Allow others and yourself to make mistakes knowing that you are trying to do better.
