Susan Scott

When we were children, we absorbed the beliefs, opinions, and attitudes of our parents and teachers.

At some point, our beliefs morphed into truths

after all, we are all searching for them, the rules. We pick them up from the strangest places, and if they appear once, we can live a whole lifetime by them, regardless of the unhappiness and difficulty they may later bring

after all, we are all searching for them, the rules. We pick them up from the strangest places, and if they appear once, we can live a whole lifetime by them, regardless of the unhappiness and difficulty they may later bring

Are my beliefs working for me, for my company, for my team, for my family?

my beliefs shaping my life, my career, my relationships? Are they getting the results I want, the results others want? Am I and are others happy as a result of my beliefs, my “truths”? Have any of my strongly held beliefs resulted in a negative “suddenly”? What truths am I adopting because I agree with them and what truths am I deflecting or ignoring because they don’t fit with my world view?

If you go down the list of beliefs and ask yourself how people holding those beliefs will behave, you will recognize the beliefs that will produce the behavior and the results you hope for as well as those that need shifting.

During fierce conversations, people don’t cling to their positions as the undeniable truth. Instead, they consider their views as hypotheses to be explored and tested against others.

“The problem named is the problem solved.”

What gets talked about in a company, how it gets talked about, and who gets invited to the conversation determines what will happen.