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How do you know?

March 3, 2010 David C. Buchan No comments

My wife and I have just attended a prep grade information session which explained how reading, writing and maths are being taught to our youngest daughter. The teachers suggested we help by pointing out shapes in the home and asking what they are then follow up with, “How do you know?”. For a triangle we [...]

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How to conduct performance reviews simply

February 19, 2010 David C. Buchan 1 comment

Michael Carter and I were chatting this morning about conversations in the workplace and we came around to the topic of performance review as a series of conversations. This is how I prefer to conduct performance reviews. For managers and supervisors Pre-interview questionnaires? Bin them. Competency models? Bin them too. Forms to fill out during [...]

It is your responsibility to clarify understanding

November 16, 2009 David C. Buchan 3 comments

The meaning we bring to our words in a conversation is important. Each of us has grown up learning what words mean so well that we often fail to recognise others may be using the same words but with different meanings. The result? Confusion and often a lack of respect. To illustrate, let’s imaging two sergeant’s of [...]

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