Claire writes: “Every time we run training events, I hear most delegates say in the feedback on Day 1: ‘We would have been able to deal with that properly if we had had more time’.
It’s interesting that when we can easily assume that the value is in the dialogue that happens between us. We are noticing that
- Most of the value to a conversation where someone is thinking happens after it’s over
- When we treat time as a scarce resource it will never be enough.
And yet, when we begin to look at time differently, it’s more than enough.
Try moving from
‘We only have 5 minutes’ to ‘We have a good 5 minutes now if that’s useful?’
‘We’ve run out of time, let’s stop there (and reschedule a second meeting!)‘ to ‘It sounds like you need to do some more thinking. Do you know where you’re going to do that?’
‘We only have 5 minutes’ to ‘We have a good 5 minutes now if that’s useful?’
‘We’ve run out of time, let’s stop there (and reschedule a second meeting!)‘ to ‘It sounds like you need to do some more thinking. Do you know where you’re going to do that?’
Be unconditionally positive about time – it works!
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