I was leading follow up session for one of our Peer Empowerment trainings. We were learning about the importance of being more conscious of words that have a charge in them for you. For example, someone may say the word fat and you discover you are no longer listening to what they say. You can only hear the sound that Charlie Brown’s teacher makes.

An individual was talking about a business meeting she was facilitating. One of her colleagues was talking about that he wanted buy in. When she heard the world “buy in”, she immediately was at a former job where her boss talked about wanting buy in. All he really wanted was for people to say they agreed but didn’t care what they did or thought. This upset her significantly. She was not hearing anything that was being said.

She then remembered the training and realized “buy in” is a charge word for her. She shifted her thinking. She started asking questions to better understand what the person wanted. She realized this was a new situation. She discovered there was a strong partnership possibility for her with this colleague on the project. Her colleague wanted to have a team of people all committed to the same result which was what she wanted. It was her remembering and utilizing the new skills she was learning from her training. By tracking her charge words, she was able to create a new outcome.

If you are interested in discovering more about the power of intention speaking and contextual listening you should check out our Peer Empowerment Training. We will be offering one in March 2010. Ask me for more information.

Tags: listening, Peer Empowerment, Personal Growth

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