Creating the Onion Model Part 2
Yesterday, I posted the first part of an article published in the September 2011 issue of Training Journal. I describe how I developed the Onion Model that is at the centre of The Handling Resistance Pocketbook. Here is Part 2 of that article. From one Model to many… It was around 2004 when a client asked me to extend a presentation skills programme to offer advanced workshops and coaching to small groups. Among their particular challenges, one came up again...
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In the September 2011 issue of Training Journal, I describe how I developed the Onion Model that is at the centre of The Handling Resistance Pocketbook. Here is that article. Models are the way that human beings understand our world, and everything we experience. We are constantly building models to explain what we observe, or to predict what we will observe next. Every rule, law, theory, hypothesis, generalisation or process that we make or follow is a model. Model making...
Read MoreHandling Resistance to Engagement
This month’s edition of Training Journal focuses on the topic of “engagement”, with seven feature articles dedicated to the topic. I really like what the new editor, Elizabeth Eyre, has done in theming each issue. The quality of the articles these days is excellent, so I was honoured that Elizabeth asked me to contribute. Handling Resistance My article “Resistance to Engagement” builds on the onion model described in my “Handling Resistance Pocketbook“ to discuss why people sometimes resist such an obviously “good thing”....
Read MoreHandling Resistance to Engagement
This month’s edition of Training Journal is focused on the topic of “engagement”, seven feature articles dedicated to the topic. I was honoured to be asked by the editor, Elizabeth Eyre, to contribute. My article “Resistance to Engagement” builds on the onion model to discuss why people sometimes resist such an obviously “good thing”. Training Journal Training Journal is a subscription only magazine, and access to the full article archive on their website also requires a subscription. It is an excellent...
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