24 Jun

Communicating with Style

It’s easy for us to assume that other people do things the same way we do, but in many areas of life, including communication, people have very different styles. Understanding these differences can go a long way to assure that our communications are effective. While there are many systems for assessing communication/personality style that can assist in collaborative decision-making, I have found in more than a decade of consulting in organizations that knowing some basic style differences described in the Meyer- Briggs personality type assessment can be very useful.   Read more

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23 Jun

IMMIGRATION AND CENTRAL AMERICA

     The refugee crisis has been dominating our news lately. While the focus of the news has been on our inhumane treatment of those desperate people trying to escape the violence in their Central American countries, very little attention has been given to addressing the cause of why these people have been fleeing for their lives and what we can do about that.  At the same time some friends of mine have been debating the virtues and.or shortcomings of capitalism. I think these immigration and government/economic issues are tied together. American corporations supported by our capitalistic government have devastated Central American countries. In our School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Georgia, we even trained their military leaders on how to suppress their civilian populations though torture, rape and assassinations. Tens of thousands, including labor leaders, priests, and nuns have been killed. I guess that’s one way to reduce poverty — just erase those people.

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