4 Skills To Improve Your Relationships At Work - With Arne Carlsen

May 15, 2020

Expert Arne Carlsen discusses relational agency and key skills for improving workplace relationships. Topics include deep listening, generative resistance, liberating laughter, psychological safety, and the Best Reflected Self exercise. Learn how to cultivate these skills successfully in teams for better work dynamics.

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Intro

00:00 • 2min

Understanding Relational Agency and Its Impact on Workplace Relationships

01:53 • 4min

Building Respectful Engagement in Relationships at Work

05:42 • 4min

Improving Relationships at Work Through Generative Resistance and Liberating Laughter

09:44 • 18min

Emphasizing Appreciative Questions for Workplace Success

27:17 • 2min

In this week’s podcast we explore relational agency, and the four simple skills you can build in your teams to listen deeply, lift each other, and turn challenges around.

Connect with Arne Carlsen:

https://www.bi.edu/

You’ll Learn:

[03:25] - Arne explains what relational agency is and why it matters when it comes to our wellbeing and performance at work.
[07:08] - Arne outlines how we can build more respectful engagement in our relationships at work.
[10:30] - Arne shares how we can practice generative resistance and healthy conflict with each other at work.
[13:08] - Arne outlines how liberating laughter compliments generative resistance and how we can create more of it in workplaces.
[16:27] - Arne offers tips for cultivating psychological safety within ourselves and our relationships.
[18:46] - Arne explains how the Best Reflected Self exercise can help us discover our strengths and improve our relationships.
[23:35] - Arne shares how leaders have introduced these relational agency skills successfully to their teams...
[25:10] - Arne enters the lightning round.

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