Articles on Business, Employee Communication and Organizational Development

Bring out the Best in Your Staff, Colleagues or Workplace Team
By Marie Miyashiro-Collins, APR
Recently, an NVC trainer asked if I knew of any data to support the use of NVC in business. He was preparing a proposal for a prospective client in Japan and had heard about our firm’s NVC work with businesses, nonprofits and government agencies.

Difficult Conversations: Authentic Communication Leads to Greater Productivity (PDF)
By Martha Lasley
Imagine yourself at a tense planning meeting where the financial director reports, “To compete profitably, we need to lay off 20 percent of the workforce.” The marketing director responds, “That’s the stupidest idea I’ve ever heard.” Are you ready to add fuel to the fire, would you prefer to crawl under your chair, or do you have the skills to facilitate a conversation that could satisfy everyone in the room?

Making the Most of Meetings
By Rachelle Lamb
If you’re like most people, you spend a lot of time engaged in meetings — whether for work, family, or as a volunteer. In fact, the Wharton Center for Applied Research says the average manager spends up to 23 hours each week in meetings, only half of which they’d consider productive. Read on to find proven steps to substantially boost meeting productivity and efficiency with NVC.

Practical Ideas to Keep Workplace Relationships Satisfying
By Sylvia Haskvitz
Workplace relationships are complex. Each employee brings their unique self to work. Their background, perspective, emotional triggers, and working style. Add to this the dynamics of power relations, and the fact that often workplace communication now takes place at our computer keyboards rather than face-to-face.

Small Business Makeover: A Local Business Counselor Offers Advice
By Mamta Popat, The Arizona Daily Star (June 27, 2005)
Nationally recognized organization consultant and NVC trainer, Marie Miyashiro, helps Nu Wheel turn their business around with Productive Communication (her translation of the NVC process for practical business use).


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