"You cannot give away what you do not own...anymore than you can come from where you have not been." This quote by Larry Wilson, founder of Wilson Learning and Pecos River Learning, is one of the pillars of my work in conversational leadership.

If we do not engage those who work for and with us in healthy, respectful conversations, how can we ever expect them to do the same with others? It is really quite simple: with the hundreds of books written on leadership, you might think that this field is extremely complex. I don’t see it this way; if we expect our team members to show caring and compassion for our customers and other team members while not providing that same caring and compassion for them, we are deluded if we believe they can give away what they do not receive.

“Learning is achieved through conversation. We can change the world by talking together about questions that matter. Whether a conversation is about personal issues or a conversation is about communities, we can learn together”

http://www.learning-conversations.blogspot.com/

John Inman
Remond, Oregon, USA