MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES: MANY WAYS TO LEARN AND PERFORM Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences provides another rubric for recognizing the differing gifts and talents of each student and each worker,…
DIVERSITY TRAINING: UNDERSTANDING PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES Within this strand on Interpersonal Focusing, I am going to place the emphasis upon Personality Style Instruments, coupled with Empathic, Focused Listening, as a method…
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES: PERSONALITY TESTS Differences So Vast You Can't Imagine People are so different in their basic personality and learning styles, talents, and goals that you simply cannot understand anyone…
Interactive Focusing: The Double Empathic "Golden Moment" PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT For four weeks, we practice an actual exercise in three different categories: An Instant "Ahah!" to integrate into your every…
THE ONE MINUTE APOLOGY Ken Blanchard, creator of The One Minute Manager idea, and Margret McBride wrote a lovely short book called The One Minute Apology: A Powerful Way…
Replacing The Myth of Dominance With The Personal Power of Focusing In his book, Beyond The Myth Of Dominance: An Alternative To A Violent Society, Father Ed McMahon, co-founder…
Verbally-Abusive Patterns of Speech: Dominance The Goal In her remarkable book, The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Patricia Evans walks us "blow-by-blow" through transcripts illustrating how an individual can use verbal…
Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication provides a way for us to acknowledge that it is our own interpretation of another's behavior which leads to our personal emotional response, not the objective behavior itself. "Owning" one's own emotional response is a first step in non-defensive communication to another in a conflict situation.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT This is the beginning of a new four week cycle. For four weeks, we practice an actual exercise in three different categories: An Instant "Ahah!" to…
Download complete instructions on using Intuitive Focusing and Focused Listening Turns to resolve interpersonal conflicts, turning conflict into creativity: Chapter Five: Interpersonal Focusing Capitulo Cinco El Proceso Interpersonal Order the…