Daily Archives: 21st November 2019

Unwrap the sweet paper!

I had introduced the concept of SayDos and the sweet paper metaphor. We don’t always know the type of sweet under the wrapping paper. At times we will need to unwrap the sweet paper to discover whether the sweet is toffee, double centred etc. Words are like sweet paper and sometimes we need to unwrap…

It’s a pity we speak the same language, because we don’t!

On a management development programme, we were talking about direct and indirect styles of communication and how the difference in styles can be the source of tension in relationships, both professionally and personally. As I was tidying away at the end of the workshop, two of the delegates were chatting. Simon was having difficulty in…