EP 25 Communication

The Iron Women

• Connection Card Question!
• What are the greatest challenges you face in communicating effectively?
• Different styles of communicating, everyone varies
• Asking the right questions for context is important
• Dealing with everyone’s their preferences and excuses
• Small and shallow talk vs going deep
• The gift of mercy
• How to measure what is effective and ineffective communication?
• Making a connection
• Being “too spiritual”, “too intense”, “over the top”
• Being the “counselor” friend
• Few care to ask meaningful questions of others, most let others ask all the questions
• Leaders rarely get asked the questions, they’re expected to ask the questions
• Everyone loves talking about themselves
• Mirroring questions can aid in those who struggle with small talk
• To communicate well, you have to put effort in
• Learning red flags of how best to communicate with yourself and others
• Not engaging when “activated”
• Counseling techniques
• Asking for someone to give you some time to pass to deescalate before you come back to address an issue
• using “always” and “never” attacks and degrades the person’s character rather then addressing the issue at hand
• “I feel that…..”
• Body language, facial cues, social cues
• Social etiquette in group settings
• New Testament principles of communication
• Self awareness
• Set aside and plan for the appropriate amount of time needed to address the weight of the issue at hand
• Read the room
• How to add value to someone, and be intentional with others
• Do a social media debrief to find talking points (family names, jobs, lifestyles, hobbies and interests) based on their social accounts
• Practical tips: group circles, Bathrooms,and Phone/apple watch ettiquete
• Digital communication between different generations
• Assuming the best of and being gracious with others
• Don't’ assume tone
• Do face to face if at all possible
• “A gentle answer turns away wrath”
• Fun Cup Question!
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• Resources: “Everyone Communicates, Few Connect” by John Maxwell