Richard Heyduck wrote about his challenges with his small United Methodist
Church In NE Texas:
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> * I have great difficulty getting people to respond to what I say,
> whether in my preaching, teaching, or board presentations. For the
> most part they just stare at me. My conclusion is that I'm failing
> to communicate. Their explanation is that they're just not very
> responsive people.
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Richard,
My thoughts as I read your introduction were that you may be focusing your
communications efforts on speaking, when the greater need of your people
is for you to be an excellent listener; to help them to be more responsive
by asking questions that open them up and by being patient while they
reflect and try to formulate their feelings and thoughts into words. I
sometimes call into memory the people I've known who are the best
listeners and reflect upon, or try to observe, what it is they do so well.
This seems to help me model their abilities. I've come to believe that
the skill of being attentive to others is perhaps the highest order skill
of an effective leader.
Best regards,
Roxanne
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