Top 10 Learning Moments
- If you think about it, the work environment is one of the very few places where you are actually often surrounded by people who have differing perspectives. — Bob Feldman
- This call for civil discourse is not new. We’ve been struggling to embrace the concepts and enact civil discourse in public and private settings. — Amanda McKendree
- Listening is undoubtedly complex. This is an ideal to strive for. Does it get easier? Absolutely. The more we become aware, the more we practice, the better we will be at listening and understanding, but also the more we will recognize our limits. — Lisbeth Lipari
- The freedom to listen to others, to truly listen, begins with the freedom to listen to ourselves. — Lisbeth Lipari
- The focus on listening as argument takes away our ability to comprehend what the other is actually saying to us. — Lisbeth Lipari
- Listening itself constitutes discourse as much as speaking. — Lisbeth Lipari
- For me, one of the the key points that emerged was the idea of being intentional, intentional about your listening habits and practices, and making a commitment to continuing to develop, learn more, and recognize the uncomfortable notion of it all. — Amanda McKendree
- Politeness is definitely valued, especially for women in our society and is something we should certainly strive for in certain circumstances. But I think there are moments in which we might want to violate those social norms. — Stacey Sowards
- There is an expectation for politeness in civil discourse in the workplace. — Stacey Sowards
- We engage in more meaningful conversations when we have connections with people. — Stacey Sowards
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Featured Speakers
Amanda G. McKendree, Associate Teaching Professor of Management and Arthur F. and Mary J. O’Neil Director of The Eugene D. Fanning Center for Business Communication, Department of Management & Organization, University of Notre Dame
Bob Feldman, Founder, The Dialogue Project
Kristin Hansen, Co-Founder, the Civic Health Project
Stacy Sharpe, Senior Vice President of Corporate Relations, Allstate
Dr. Lisbeth A. Lipari, Professor in the Department of Communication, Denison University
“If you think about it, the work environment is one of the very few places where you are actually often surrounded by people who have differing perspectives.”
— Bob Feldman
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