Leadership connection
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What is the meaning of connection?
A relationship in which a person or thing is linked or associated with something else: e.g. "the connections between social attitudes and productivity".
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Thinking about the concept
A visual thesaurus search is always an excellent starting point to discuss a concept definition:
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Connection
| Dialogic and constructivist paradigm | Monologic and realist paradigm | |||
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| Multitude of | - World-views
- View-points - Solutions to problems |
One correct | - World view
- View-point - Solution to a problem | |
| Language is used for | - Interpretation and creation of reality
- Sharing meaning - Inquiry |
Language is used for | - Describing reality
- Mediating information - Advocation of ones own point of view - Persuasion | |
| Dialogue emphasizes | - Thinking together
- Creating mutual vision - Learning together - Balancing listening and voicing - Searching for common values |
Monologue emphasizes | - Thinking in solitude
- Working for ones own vision - Teaching or learning |
| Human intent | Core concept | Intention | Method | Goal |
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| GOALS | Persuation | - Influence people to make decisions quickly | - Reciprocity
- Scarcity - Authority - Consistency - Sympathy - Social proof |
- Getting things done
- Saying no |
| Coaching | - Learning | - WOOP (an acronym for Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan)
- GROW (an acronym for Goals, Reality, Opportunity, Will) |
- Motivation
- Personal growth | |
| VALUES | Negotiation | - Resolution
- Decision for action - Deal - Contract |
- Weigh up
- Bargaining - Showing strengths pointing to weaknesses - Counting |
- Getting to yes
- Avoiding loosing - Consensus or compromise |
| Decision making | - Maximising mental comfort | - Matching the situation to the patterns people have learned. | - Finding a satisfying threshold to start action | |
| INTERESTS | Debate | - Proving ones argument to be right
- Getting ones own view to be accepted - Showing weaknesses in the opponents argumentation and points of views |
- Advocacy
- Arguments against person - Rhetorical asking and questioning - Evidence in favor of ones own point of view and against opponents points of view |
- Winning
- Being right - Getting ones own view to be accepted |
| Dialogue | - Thinking and understanding together
- Cognitive, emotional and practical wisdom - Shared understanding |
- Inquiry
- Genuine asking and voicing - Suspension of assumptions - Listening - Building on others ideas - Co-creation of meaning |
- Consensus as finding common ground for action
- Determining where and if collaboration is possible - Understanding and respecting differences |
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| Decision Structuring Dialogue - Raimo P. Hämäläinen - 2011 |
| Naturalistic Decision Making - Gary Klein - 2008 |