{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"We Not Me","title":"Your practical guide to conversations that drive change","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2570,"description":"Effective change management hinges on the quality of our conversations. Asking questions can be an exertion of power, so motivational interviewing seeks to bring clarity and ensure information is shared in a way that respects the recipient's readiness to receive it.\n\nJeffrey Wetherhold is a change management professional who helps organisations and teams navigate difficult changes. He specialises in motivational interviewing and uses this approach to help teams have more effective conversations during periods of change.\n\nThree reasons to listen\nTo learn how to structure change-focused conversations\nTo help you make more effective affirmations instead of offering general praise\nTo learn how to share information more effectively, to ensure others are ready to receive and engage with it\nEpisode highlights\n[00:07:17] Motivational interviewing\n[00:10:28] Making specific affirmations\n[00:12:48] Ask, offer, ask\n[00:15:26] When to ask questions\n[00:19:23] How to become a better listener\n[00:21:19] Fitting motivational interviewing into existing skillsets\n[00:22:46] Busynesss overriding business\n[00:28:22] Guiding, influencing, or leading conversations\n[00:31:28] Reflect more, ask less\n[00:32:58] Dan's media recommendations\n[00:35:11] Takeaways from Pia and Dan\nLinks\nConnect with Jeff via LinkedIn\nTeam of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World, by David Silverman, Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, & Chris Fussell\nMoral Ambition: Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference, by Rutger Bregman\nTrack and improve your team performance with Squadify\nLeave us a voice note","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/cTxm0uMo1AuvRTsg1GhIjdn998MJJQ_xMMLaqK_LTcA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zOTk3/MThmYWIxNDllNjc2/YzEwZjVhOWNmZjVm/ODNmNi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}