Communicating Ideas

Welcome to our blog! Gilder Group International (GGI) is a Dallas-based consulting firm that specializes in learning, human performance and organizational development (OD) services. We partner with organizations that use continuous learning to empower their people to grow themselves and grow the business. Founded by Michelle Y. Gilder, with her passion for empowering people, GGI’s team of Experienced Practitioners have collectively devoted 100+ years to sharing the timeless principles of Mastering Leadership.

The meaning of the word Mastery as defined by Art Kleiner, “Mastery, as we use the word today, reflects maître. It means the capacity not only to produce results, but also to “master” the principles underlying the way you produce results” – -from The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook by Peter Senge, et. al.

In his book, The Servant, author James C. Hunter defines Leadership as “the skill of influencing people to work enthusiastically toward goals identified as being for the common good”.

We present this blog as an interactive learning forum to inform, invite open dialogue and present guest blog entries from interesting voices, authorities and experts. We invite YOU too, to become a guest blog author, contribute your expertise as a post and hope you find it engaging and transformative. Leadership is the primary focus, additionally, we offer 4 areas of mastery for leaders.

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Our success as leaders, managers, teams, or even in life will ultimately depend on how well we communicate. Communication is the common thread throughout our learning events, performance coaching, process improvement projects, and mediation’s. Leaders, managers, and people of influence typically ask “how do I get cooperation, buy-in, and create ownership on my team or work group?” From our experience in many, many organizations, domestic and international, we have found that one of the three ways to attain cooperation, buy-in, and create ownership is to ask people what they think versus telling what to think or what you think. Asking questions is a powerful communication strategy, because it demonstrates you care enough -about the thoughts and opinions of others- to ask.

Mastering Leadership question(s): How do you get others to cooperate? What do you do to get buy-in on an idea? Is creating ownership important to getting things done on your team or work group?

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How to Gain Cooperation, Buy-In, and Ownership