Twins Talk Clear-cut Communication

Ray and Bob lay out what coaches provide and the skills needed to created a successful coaching experience.  Watch for some "nuances".

Ray and Bob play a little catch up and decide to reclaim some lost issues in what coaches focus on before moving on to what do coaches provide. They discuss one of their favorite coaches and take you to the movies.  BTW, Merry Christmas!

The twins try to dissect what coaches focus on.  We even try to take on parenting from a coaching perspective. What a mistake.

The twins lay out some benefits to you as a leader when you decide to coach. You might be surprised at what you gain when you choose a coaching style of leadership.

The twins make some important distinctions between coaching, mentoring, and sponsoring.  So listen up. This episode sets the stage for many episodes to come.

We had the privilege of having our five adult children on the podcast doing a family round table on communication. Great fun! Try it and find out if your family would have as much fun and share as openly around the topic of communication. By the way, the title has nothing to do with the content in the episode. It's an inside joke and was recommended, to the delight of the whole family, by one...

Ray and Bob bite off more than the can chew when they start talking about obstacles they find when facilitating. They wanted to do a summary to their series on facilitation but just couldn't get to it. Drats!

Ray and Bob wrap up their conversation on facilitation skills and provide some confessions as to what they are good and bad at regarding specific skills.  Of course, the good outweighs the bad.

The episode is introduced with a couple of cute jokes (no, not Bob and Ray) real jokes from Jane. The twins then finish up their discussion on mindful practices related to facilitation and move into the area of specific skills used in facilitation.

After finishing a few thoughts on a facilitation mindset, Ray and Bob detail some of the mindful practices involved in good facilitation. And just as the term implies, it  requires a degree of mindfulness to use them. The ideas we talk about rarely come naturally and they are never easy.

Ray and Bob unpack what they see to be the commitments and orientations that underlie a facilitative mindset. They note to be a good facilitator, also known colloquially as “Tater”, you have to have certain commitments and orientations. So, pay attention!

Ray and Bob try a new approach where they simply talk to one another and ignore the listening audience. Could be a mistake. We'll let you know. They wander around the three core values that underlie a facilitative mind - openness, equality, and other-centeredness.

The twins are moving on to facilitation as an important form of communication. They speak to it as leadership style (directive, facilitation, laissez-faire), a skill, a mindset, and a process. Frankly, they make a pretty weak attempt to define it, but they do better at  exploring more of how it can best be used in group settings. Bottom line, its about making interaction easier! More we, than me o...

Ray and Bob get to visit with our youngest executive. You name it, he's done it and at a remarkably young age. Pro sports, TV broadcasting, and financial management. And, yes we were foolish enough to try to go one on one with him.

As a part of the ongoing series on Executives and Communication, Bob and Ray have an insightful conversation with a Fortune 50 executive.  She puts it out there on a variety of topics and the only downside is that she is an Ohio State fan.

Bob & Ray have the opportunity to visit with the President of Pixo, a small software firm in the Midwest, to talk communication. He shares some remarkable communication perspectives in leading a midsize company. You don't want to miss his communication heroes, we know both of them.

Ray & Bob were treated to an insightful conversation on communication with a remarkably successful executive in a major financial services institution.  As the first in our summer series on executives speaking out about communication, we were both impressed and delighted with the conversation. And, you know, we are never easily impressed.

Ray and Bob wrap up their series on dialogue with a summary and exploration of what gets in the way. So, if you missed the last four episodes, you might just be able to get caught up with this one. Nah, probably not.

Ray and Bob tackle the four specific conditions necessary for dialogue to take place. You really don't want to miss this one. Well maybe you do. But if so, you need to give up on having meaningful conversations.

Our guest, Dr. Richard Dombrowski, shares his perspective on counseling and dialogue. No you won't get therapeutic help, but you will get insights into the counseling relationship from a remarkable professional.

Still exploring dialogue, the twins go a little deeper on how do you know when you are in dialogue and why is it important. They also take a stab at translating dialogue to one on one relationships and what it is going to take from the person who wants to dialogue with that that significant other.

The twins to try to impress you, not only with their knowledge, but with the importance of dialogue and how it differs from those other inferior forms of communication. 

Ray and Bob start in on how dialogue is a unique form of interaction and how it compares to other forms. If you think all conversation is pretty much to same, you better listen up. You've got a lot to learn!

Ray and Bob initiate a new set of episodes on the concept of dialogue. You really don't want to miss this conversation!

Ray and Bob get down with a remarkable song writer and singer to talk about performing and communication. A delightful conversation that roams far and wide proves both entertaining and informative to two guys that don't have a musical bone in their body.