Coaching insights

When aiming to reach agreement:

• Genuinely seek to find points of agreement in what the other person is saying
  
•  If you just agree with everything there is no contribution
• To disagree at all times is annoying and irritating
  
• There is no need to be right all of the time so try to control your ego during discussion and focus on the subject matter
• Make a real effort to understand where the other person is coming from.What is that persons logic world?
• Consider if there are circumstances where the other persons view might be right, express these circumstances clearly and show your agreement for those specific areas.
  
• Acknowledge the value of someone's special experience and treat this as a strong possibility but not necessarily complete
  
• Reject a sweeping generalisation but see If you agree with any aspect of that generalisation when it is more fully explored