Communication Breakdown - Ditching the Dissing when Disagreeing, 26 Jan

Communication Breakdown - Ditching the Dissing when Disagreeing

Free Zoom Webinar – Wednesday, 26 January 7pm

Have you ever noticed that when you get into an argument or difference of opinion with other people how quickly they turn the matter personal?

Then no matter how much you try and explain to them what the facts of the matter are, and why they are wrong, they continue to insist that they are correct and that it is you not them that needs to change.

Plus, how when the conflict deepens the more the levels of miscommunication and misunderstanding go up and so do the decibel levels, the speeds of reply and the amount of incoherence whilst conversely the amount of listening exponentially goes down.

Finally, as the sign of things seriously getting out of control we shape shift from talking about the issue, need or problem that needs sorting to talking about each other.

“You this, you that, you are always saying that, always doing that, why can’t you just change?”

Indeed sometimes the communication becomes about deliberately trying to incite, provoke or annoy the other person as a calculated strategy towards winning or making sure the other person loses.

Dear reader, I know about this strategy because when I was a mere slip of a teenage lad I managed to get hold of two weapons of mass destruction – a stereo for my bedroom and a copy of Led Zeppelin 1. In particular the song Communication Breakdown!  I then played it religiously and relentlessly at full volume, partly because I loved it, but equally because it annoyed the hell out of my parents!  Life then imitated art in that Communication Breakdown did indeed cause – communication breakdown!  And boy the shouting nearly matched Robert Plant’s vocals!

If you want to see what all the fuss was about then here’s a link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqF3J8DpEb4

But, having learned maybe a thing or two since then perhaps it is time to consider better ways of dealing with conflict when it occurs and build bridges of communication rather than further destroy the ones we have.

In this free Zoom Webinar (the latest in the series on Sustainable Relationships and Resolving Conflict) we shall be looking at some of the key causes of Communication Breakdown and some simple yet powerful strategies for dealing with it safely and constructively when it occurs.  And how we can change the dissing about the past into finding what’s missing and needed from the future.

It’s not required to listen to Led Zeppelin and Communication Breakdown before the Webinar but who knows, it might just get you in the mood!  😊

Facilitator: Tony Kearney

Tony grew up in New Zealand where he trained as a solicitor. He then worked as a solicitor in London for over 20 years before moving to Ireland in 2006 to further his work around building sustainable relations into the future. This includes planting a forest on the farm where he now lives and acting as a Mediator in workplace, community, schools, family, and commercial disputes. Tony is also a skilled facilitator and trainer and runs many training and other events and is the author of five books. 

It is not necessary to have attended any of the previous Webinars to join the process as they are all designed as stand-alone events.

To register for this Webinar or find out more email Tony at: tony.kearney6@gmail.com