Monthly Archives: March 2016

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Mar 24

Why giving bad news on projects can literally hurt

By ahsigmon | Blog

Excerpt from my book Delivering Bad News in Good Ways

My book titled Delivering Bad News in Good Ways is coming out in April so naturally I’ve been doing a lot thinking and writing about communication – style, medium, content, process, and expectations. One chapter of the book reaches into our childhood to understand why we struggle as adults with giving bad news so I’ve decided to explore that a bit here before writing that chapter.

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Mar 13

Social Train Wrecks And Why We Feel Compelled to Watch

By ahsigmon | Blog

Okay, I have to admit it. I like to watch. Yes, it’ll probably come as a great surprise to many of you that a therapist watches others.

Well, NEWSFLASH… Apparently being a watcher of others doesn’t require you to be a therapist. It only requires that you be human. The experience of watching is one of the most fundamental processes we have for learning how to be in the world with others.

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