Bryan’s Take:
Oftentimes we imagine that giving difficult feedback is going to negatively affect our relationship with someone else. The truth is that not saying anything is often far more harmful in the long run, and yet our instincts often prevent us from saying what we really need to.
There are a multitude of different reasons why people don’t speak up on things that are important to them. How do we overcome human nature so that we can communicate more freely and solve difficult problems?
Jeff Wetzler, author of “Ask,” has spent his career developing a hands-on, surprisingly effective way to find out what others really think, know, and feel. Jeff’s book offers readers insights they need to take on important challenges and live a more fulfilling life.
In this episode of the One Away Show, Jeff shares an experiment a mentor showed him that changed the whole course of his career and started him down this path, and gives listeners the tools they need to improve their communication and help others open up to them.
About Jeff:
Jeff Wetzler has been on a quarter-century quest to transform learning opportunities. Blending a unique set of leadership experiences in the fields of business and education, he’s pursued this quest as a management consultant to the world’s top corporations, as a learning facilitator for leaders around the world, as Chief Learning Officer at Teach For America, and most recently, as co-Founder and co-CEO of Transcend, a nationally recognized education innovation organization.
Jeff earned a Doctorate in Adult Learning and Leadership from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Brown University. He is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network and is an Edmund Hillary Fellow. Jeff’s book, Ask, offers readers insights they need to take on important challenges and live a fulfilling life.
At his first job, a mentor showed Jeff an experiment that became the starting point for his whole career. Find out how this moment changed him on today’s One Away Show.