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Article #325: How to Handle Critical Conversations - Part III

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THE SHARED POOL OF MEANING benefit by having the most information
A skilled professional will find a way to available. We aren't saying we want a
get all of the free flow of relevant consensus opinion, or that the president
information out into the open, It's the doesn't make the final decision. As a
principle of the "Shared Pool of matter of fact, a good idea is to state
Meaning". This is the synergistic pool of up front that there will be 2 phases to
ideas and feelings of the entire group the conversation. First, a Discussion or
Getting ideas into the "pool" have 3 Dialogue phase where all of the ideas are
major benefits: added to the pool of meaning. Second,
1. The larger the Pool, the better the after all ideas are shared, discussion is
decisions. shut off and the Decision phase begins
2. The time you spend up front is more with decisions made by whoever is in
than made up by faster, more committed charge.
action later on. An extra 20 minutes Using these skills will make you a better
spent drawing thoughts out of reluctant communicator and leader in the
individuals might save hundreds of hours Multi-Housing community. It will give you
over the next few years. insights into others that you never would
3. People who don't get their ideas into have received any other way. It will help
the pool are rarely committed to the you to listen and respect others in ways
solution & silently criticize the that 99% of the rest of the population
decisions. People that have at least a never truly understands.
small part of the decision will work This article written by Steve Hoogenakker
harder to make it succeed. Steve has 20 years in the landscaping
Let's think of this with a planned board field.
meeting. Whoever makes the decision will






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