by Tom Esch | Oct 20, 2016 | How to Handle Polarizing Topics and Challenging People, Blog
This last Presidential debate made me think of an article recently written by author and speaker Charles Eisenstein. In “The Lid is Off” he talks about how it is getting harder to keep a secret these days. He refers to Trumps “locker room” comments,...
by Tom Esch | Jul 20, 2016 | How to Handle Polarizing Topics and Challenging People, Blog
July 2016 It has been a rough week in the USA. When so many innocent men are murdered, in the context of racial fear and revenge, it is frightening. The killings of Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota (about a mile from where I grew up), the Dallas...
by Tom Esch | Feb 22, 2016 | How to Handle Polarizing Topics and Challenging People, Blog
Unresolved cultural and racial tension is expensive on multiple levels. Are you worried about keeping good workers? Have some residents moved out? Are you concerned that your staff are not friendly enough Do they see their differences more than similarities? Do some...
by Tom Esch | Feb 8, 2016 | Interpersonal Communication, Blog
How to be both direct and truly nice? This is a conundrum for many of us. I am half Scandinavian and half Germanic, a classic Minnesotan. Fortunately I have lived in a few other places (including Africa and Guatemala) and have let other styles of communication rub off...
by Tom Esch | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncomfortable Conversations, Blog
So you are not getting along very well with that other person and your stress level is high. You have decided it is time for “The Bigga” conversation. Congratulations! It takes incredible courage to even seriously consider it especially in conflict-reticent...
by Tom Esch | Nov 24, 2024 | Blog
So many people are talking about crucial conversations, courageous conversations, candid conversations and constructive conversations. I am all for them. I regularly coach and teach people how to have them and have plenty of them myself. I call them Conscious...
