How do you learn how to talk

How do you learn how to talk to someone who’s feeling suicidal?

How do you know what to say when a client is feeling angry and upset?

How about when you have to give bad news?

Practice, practice, practice.

Practice in a safe place, where you can get candid feedback and you can practice some more.

Dr Becky Kennedy talks about the AVP Strategy:

🍩Acknowledge

🍩Validate

🍩Permit

Just like learning how to play the piano, or a new language (Kaplah! Ok I don’t think Klingon is a recognised language 🤭) you get better with practice.

My next Consulting Delivery Masterclass starts on 11 Nov, and it’s full of role plays, skills practice, and group exercises on

– how to run workshops

– interview clients to gather requirements,

– write user stories,

– diagram process flows and

– present show & tells (along with other neat stuff).

Direct link in the comments but LinkedIn is doing something weird with urls so you can find more info zenhao(.)co(.)uk.

See you there?

#LearnByDoing

#OnThePeiroll