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Listening as an Essential Leadership Skill

Lorraine Aguilar perceives NVC-based listening to be an essential skill to cultivate for success in the business world. A key exercise for building your listening muscle is to work with your judgments of others by translating those judgments from “What’s wrong with them?” to “What's important to me?” Keywords: consciousness exercises/practices needs presence inspiration judgment listening...
Receiving the Word "No"

Join Jori and Jim Manske to explore, learn and practice the art of receiving the word "no," re-framing it from fear into fun. This recording is from the Taste of Compassionate Leadership monthly videoconference. Keywords: empathy exercises/practices feelings honesty observation presence strategies compassion self talk leadership honest expression self connection truth fun authenticity fear...
Mourning and Celebration

Join Jori and Jim Manske to explore, learn and practice an NVC approach to mourning and celebration. This recording is from the Taste of Compassionate Leadership monthly videoconference. Keywords: empathy exercises/practices feelings honesty mourning needs presence strategies compassion gratitude leadership honest expression self connection truth fun celebration authenticity fear curiosity self...
The Communication Difference

Yoram Mosenzon shares an exercise and demo to explore the process of identifying observations and using judgments (jackals) to find the needs. Keywords: Yoram Mosenzon classical NVC exercises/practices jackal show observation judgment empathy guess needs
Mindful Inquiry

These mindful inquiry exercises and tips are for enhancing self-empathy, and empathy for others. Using emotions and needs card decks provided, learn to reflect and enhance trust and connection through intentional practice. You can choose to download the card deck set you can cut by hand, or the one that can be printed on Avery’s perforated business card paper Read this practice exercise card...
Cradle of Compassion (Connecting with Request Energy)

Here are two practices for connecting with "request energy". One of them helps us practice in the moment (7 steps). The other one helps us connect to ourselves (11 steps). Read this article Keywords: cradle of compassion request self connection practice Jim and Jori Manske Jim Manske Jori Manske
Tips for the Road Series Tip 22

Substitute Inner Leader—the term I use below—with whatever term works best for you: Inner Parent; Inner Grandmother; Inner Elder; Compassionate Companion; Highest Self; etc. Spend some time each day (even a few minutes helps, more is better) giving yourself nurturing attention from the position of your Inner Leader. Welcome all the parts of yourself, give them empathy, send them love,...
Facilitating Connection

Expressing ourselves honestly is sometimes scary because we can't predict where the conversation will go after we've made ourselves vulnerable. This recording will demonstrate how the power of our honesty is enhanced by ending on a clear and present request. Doing so supports self-connection because we know what we want before we open our mouth, and also supports connection with the other...
Healing and Reconciliation

Access this complete 7 session course Witness facilitating conflict between individuals and members of a group, where you’ll learn four immensely helpful and practical processes. These have been designed to dramatically augment your ability to respond effectively to and facilitate difficult situations – enabling you, the mediator, to ease suffering and create peaceful, fair solutions you can...
Life Force and the Spirituality of Human Needs

Access this complete 6 session course This thought-provoking course will introduce you to The Land of Living Compassion. It’s designed to connect you more fully to your vital Life Force: the deep river of needs and values that flows through your innermost being. “There is a basic life current or impulse resonating in and through us as a yearning of the heart, this current and yearning manifests...