A story goes like this: Johnny, a 10 year old boy, goes to work with his dad for Take-Your-Kid-To-Work-Day.  His dad, Jim, is a high-level executive for a major manufacturing company. They spend all day together, through meetings and conference calls and presentations and lunch… Johnny goes everywhere with his dad. At home that night, Jim is feeling great about having spent all day with his son and having had the chance to show him what it’s like in the world of work. At dinner, his wife Ann asks Johnny about his day and what it was like at dad’s office.  Johnny, looking suddenly very sad, shook his head slowly, looked up at his dad and said:  But dad, you don’t DO anything!” Think about it - leaders get paid to have effective conversations. For corporate executives and leaders and managers at all levels, in a great number of areas, the doing is in the saying… and this is so close, we often miss it. These leadership conversations through effective interpersonal communication skills create context, commitments, accountability, collaborative action… and drive the Results of every organization. What are your most important conversations, and – being specific – what are the Results you intend them to produce?  How successful are you in producing these Results? What can you change in order to improve your productivity here? Are there any conversations you currently require – or should require – in your organization? Are there any conversations you currently prohibit – or should prohibit – in your organization? Thinking about conversations this way opens a door to more consciously designing the conversations that create the Results within your organization. [wpsc_products category_id='80' ]