Susan Scott
What gets talked about in your company, how it gets talked about and who is invited to the conversation determines what will happen. Or won’t happen. Your conversations must be fierce—conversations in which you and others come out from behind yourselves, into your conversations, and make them real. Once an organization crosses the line into “fierce” territory, very little else is required to create a … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Susan Scott | Source: Chief Executive | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior
Companies, careers built or lost one conversation at time
In Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises,” a character is asked, “How did you go bankrupt?” He answers, “Gradually, then suddenly.”
That summarizes my ephiphany after 13 years running think tanks for chief executives and more than 10,000 hours of one-to-one conversations with industry leaders worldwide: Careers and companies succeed or fail, gradually then suddenly, one conversation at a time.
Content: Article | Author: Susan Scott | Source: seattlepi.com | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior
Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work & in Life, One Conversation at a Time
Susan Scott believes that interpersonal difficulties–at work and at home–are a direct result of our inability to communicate well. Fierce Conversations is based on principles from her international consulting practice, in which she teaches executives how to conduct such exchanges more dynamically and ultimately more effectively, thereby improving the relationships they enjoy with their various dialogue partners “one conversation at a time.” Using identifiable anecdotes … [ Read more ]
Content: Book | Author: Susan Scott | Subjects: Career, Personal Development