Let us look at this sentence: “I don’t like because of color”. If inserted into the wrong
conversation in the right way, all of sudden you have an argument about racism.
The whole sentence was really: “I don’t like
this couch because the of the color”, a significant difference.
When people alter, or omit words from sentences, it can have
a profound effect on a conversation, when leaders do this, it can have a devastating
effect in general. Leaders who consistently keep their employees in the dark
are fostering a culture that thrives on rumors because we all know that
information gap will be filled by something. It is even more sad when the
information that was withheld was not even vital!
If you want “buy-in" from your employees than you need to
give them something to buy; if you want to have civil conversations then you
need to check your sources before you quote. The standards of using references
that are peer reviewed and reliable is not just for academia.
A lesson from a communication course. #communication
#leadership #education
Dr Flavius A
B Akerele III
The ETeam
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