Signs there might be an elephant in the room -- This is what your brain is doing on stress -- Naming your elephants -- Are you feeding the elephant? -- Be curious with yourself -- Be curious about others -- Be curious with others -- All together : freeing the elephant -- Receiving the elephant : the self-awareness you didn't know you needed -- Feedback, intention, and apologies-- oh my! -- When freeing the elephant goes differently than we hoped -- Ready, set, act!
Summary:
You see the giant footprints the moment you walk through the door. The conference room is a swirling mess of tension, heaviness, anxiety, and peanut shells. Something is very wrong with your team. Everybody knows it, but nobody is talking about it. It's obvious there's an elephant in the room. Is it an Avoidephant, feeding off the fears of retaliation and exclusion? Perhaps it's a Blamephant -- whom we love to feed because it makes us feel better about ourselves. Or is it one of the other five types of elephants? No matter what type you're dealing with, executive coach Sarah Noll Wilson knows your elephant is not there by accident. It was created, and someone has been feeding it. Is it you? In this book, Sarah explores how you can address the true elephant in the room: avoidance. She shares tips for having conversations you may be avoiding, invites you to get curious instead of furious, and shows how to own your role rather than passing blame. You'll come away with a shared language to free the elephants you see -- and the confidence to do so.
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