Tools and Strategies to Communicate Honestly and Directly at ALL Levels of the Organization
“We sit in meetings and openly discuss a decision. Then once it's been made, I hear that people are bad-mouthing it. Why didn't they say something when they had the chance?”
“George should have been spoken to long ago about his poor performance, but no one had the guts to do it. So now we’re stuck with him.”
“No matter how stupid or unethical a decision my team or my manager makes, we’re expected to embrace the stupidity, never argue, and start singing Kumbaya.”
Do these situations sound familiar? That’s hardly surprising. Straight talk ― honest, no-nonsense communication in organizations today is rare. Whether it's fear of reprisal, natural timidity, or not wanting to hurt someone's feelings, many of us avoid telling the truth when the truth needs to be told. The same applies to many of those who work for us.
The cost of such reticence can be high. If managers can't get honest feedback from their employees, they may make poor decisions. If employees can't get honest feedback from their managers, they don't improve, and their poor performance not only costs the organization money, but can also demoralize those who work with them.
Straight Talk is a one-day seminar based on the insightful book, Absolute Honesty: Building a Corporate Culture That Values Straight Talk and Rewards Integrity, by Larry Johnson and Bob Phillips. Straight Talk gives you tools to assess your own corporate culture and create strategies to increase the amount of honest communication and open dialogue that occurs every day. Combined with a clearly defined set of ethical values, such a culture tends to breed better managerial decisions, produce higher productivity, and improve employee morale.
Straight Talk will show you how to establish a standard of communication for your team that encourages open discussions and healthy debate, tells the truth, doesn't mince words, and, most of all, is guided by a moral and ethical sense of right and wrong.
Meet the Absolute Honesty co-author and seminar leader, Bob Phillips
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