Subtle Violence

When you communicate in a work setting, with a subordinate or a colleague, do you coerce the response that you want to hear?

Or, do you listen for new ideas, even if that means someone else might get credit for them?

Take ten minutes to watch -- and listen to -- Marshall Rosenberg in this video.

                   

 

Coercive Communication is Violent Communication. Listening presupposes an openness to change and a willingness to accept.