Ringing in the New Year
by Erin Pote
It's a brand new year and we are energized and excited for new beginnings and self reflection. As a team, we're thinking about what we want to "be" as well as what we want to do in 2016. We are thrilled to be presenting at the IAP2 USA Skills Symposium in San Diego in February! The IAP2 team has put together a selection of really great courses. We'll be delivering two of them and if you'd like to know more, you can watch Steph and Erin's videos and read our interview for a glimpse of what we have in store. We've also updated our "Top 10" Lists and Blog so check out the articles here and on our website to read more. We're visiting some amazing cities for training in the coming months - Halifax and Whitehorse. We'd love for you to join us if you're in the area. Our 2016 registration form is live on our website. We hope you're feeling a sense of renewed enthusiasm and excitement for the year ahead as well!
Sincerely,
The Dialogue Partners Team
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Coming Full Circle back to my "wildly important" things
by Stephani Roy McCallum
When I started my consulting business in 2004 I read a book by Ricardo Semler called Maverick. It’s a book about different ways of thinking in running a business, by making it cooperative, collaborative, equitable and innovative. Then I read his second book The Seven-Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work Works . These books...more>
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Productive
by Rory Stever
What does it mean to actually be productive?
Productive…that’s a word that gets thrown around a lot; in business, in our homes, in our everyday lives...but what it does it really mean? With just recently opening the new chapter that we call 2016 I have decided it's time to start getting more productive in every aspect of my life. To me, being productive means doing things more efficiently and effectively, because efficiency without effectiveness is nothing and vice versa. I have started 2016 by taking more walks, checking my email less (I’m down to twice a week!), using my phone less...more>
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Ninja-Rolling Thru 2016
by Kim Hyshka
Dialogue Partners started the new year much like many others, by taking some time to think, reflect and ask ourselves what might we want to bring more of into our lives both personally and professionally. We are strong advocates of not just listing what we will “do” but understanding who do we want to “be” and identifying what behaviors and intentions this will require. Inspiration and conviction often come from interesting sources, let me share with you mine...more>
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The Stories That Matter
by Stephani Roy McCallum
In public engagement, the most important work we can do is support people to talk about the things that really matter. The things that change lives and communities, and that bring about the potential for a new and different future. Conversations about families, health... more> |
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The Disempowered Citizen: A Risk to All of Us
The World Economic Forum recently published the 2016 Global Risks Report.
Published at a time of global change, with climate change, refugee crises, globalization, a weak global economy and the transformation of societies and structures through technology, we are at an important crossroads in history.
We think it’s an interesting and really important read. We highlighted a number of sections, but a few key quotes stood out for us...more>
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We have two new Top 10 Lists posted to our website: Top 10 Reasons You Need A Coach & Top 10 Techniques for High Emotion and/or Complexity. Check them out here! |
IAP2 USA Skills
Symposium
Dialogue Partners will be attending and presenting at the IAP2 USA Skills Symposium in beautiful San Diego February 21-25. Read our interview to learn more about the courses we'll be delivering there.
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Picture of the Month
DP's own Rory Stever came across this sign painted on the wall of a hostel he stayed at in Pai,Thailand.
"The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves." ~Alan Watts
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