DIALOGUE- NOW YOU'RE TALKING: COMMUNICATING IN A DIVERSE WORLD

How should we communicate in a world where differences n perspective, experience, job function, culture, gender, age, and a myriad of other factors often lead to distrust, misunderstanding and reduced productivity? Any team can benefit from learning the tools of dialogue - how to communicate across differences in a way that is both respectful and effective. Dialogue is how you communicate when you're having trouble communicating.

Overview module of Dialogue: Now You're Talking. What Dialogue is and when to use it- contrasting debate and dialogue. The Skills of Dialogue - Suspension (judgment, decision making and status); Listening (with empathy, for understanding, showing you care); Discovery (uncovering and sharing hidden assumptions in yourself and others). Includes a dramatization of how dialogue helps us communicate across job functions, helping improve relations between people at different levels within the organization as well as between different departments or areas of expertise. ~