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How to Have Game-Changing Conversations That Will Transform Your Business and Your Life
ALEXANDRA JAMIESON & BOB GOWER
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A shared belief, held by members of a team, that the team is safe for interpersonal risk-taking.
What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team, by Charles Duhigg (NYT)
Connect, Then Lead by Cuddy, Kohut & Neff inger (HBR)
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The Radical Alignment All-In Method is a simple, guided, 4-part conversation that helps two or more people gain clarity and develop a deeper understanding of, and appreciation for, each other and their shared experience. It’s useful whenever you are doing something that feels important and that’s likely to raise deep emotions.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International LicenseINTENTIONS The why of the thing. CONCERNS Our fears and worries. BOUNDARIES To keep us safe and help us be
DREAMS The best case scenario or
This section is all about why you want to be on this team and why it exists for the company. It’s not about hopes or dreams but initial intent. Answers are often short and to the point, like: “Make money, have fun and learn something new.”
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License This is your chance to do some worst-case scenario planning and worry as much as you like. Often, our worries aren’t clear, but exist as a vague sense of dread. Do your best to name your fears and be specific.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International LicenseBoundaries are what help you feel safe and perform at your absolute best. Boundaries stem from rules individuals have in place,
They are best when they are clear, even binary, but also somewhat flexible.
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You’ve made it through the tough parts of the conversation, and now it’s time to let your imagination take over. In this section you’re allowed to be your most ambitious or even selfish.
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Make sure you are in a comfortable, distraction-free space with plenty of time available to complete the conversation without feeling rushed. Next, name the specific issue you will be discussing and
discussing Project X — so we can be a high-functioning team,” or “We are discussing our summer vacation — so we both have a wonderful time.”
Listen with curiosity and suspend judgement. Focus on learning about your partner not critiquing. Speak with courage and vulnerability. Give your partner the gift of learning about you.
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MONEY.
Prompting Questions: Why do you want to earn it? What does money do for you? Do you want to be rich or just get by?
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License Prompting Questions: What worries you about money? What “bad” financial beliefs did you absorb growing up? Are you worried you won’t have enough for something? Are you worried about the impact on your relationships? That you’ll be shamed for being rich or poor?
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International LicensePrompting Questions: What do you need to be at your personal best with money? What conditions have you feel safe? How much time every day/week/month do you want to focus on it? Are you willing to do things you hate to earn it?
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Prompting Questions: Describe your dream abundant life: not just how much money you have, but what are you able to do with it? How do you feel about your relationship with money? If money were abundant what would your life feel and look like?
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What did you notice? What did you learn? What do you want more of?
Send us your name and we’ll add you to the list!
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