TSR Definitions
In the TSR context, this word means "expanding thinking and behaviour to create new opportunities and unprecedented results."
What is Possibility?
This word represents the opposite of resignation.
What is possibility?
In the TSR context, the willingness to make the leap from your head to your heart takes this.
What is courage?
Our natural instinct when reacting to a problem with others is often to do this.
What is to soften our message and avoid communicating?
This foundational LCD skill requires that one owns their communication and actions completely and is critical to Talking Straight Responsibly.
What is 100% accountability?
In the TSR context, this word means "believing a situation or person is in a fixed state and that you are powerless to change it/them."
What is Resigned or Resignation?
In the TSR context, these 2 words represent a type of thinking that shuts down consideration of alternatives.
What is rigid and inflexible?
Leaving nothing to either of these is one of the primary intentions of talking straight responsibly.
What are interpretation or assumption?
Failing to do this is when a collaborative culture fails?
What is failing to discuss what’s going on?
This foundational LCD skill requires that we pay attention to the now and not the past when communicating with others and is critical to Talking Straight Responsibly.
What is listening for support?
In the TSR context, these words mean "using ambiguous and non-committal language (e.g., hope, try, maybe) instead of committing to action."
What is Hedging/Wiggling?
Resignation and the fear of hurting these are the two most common roadblocks to talking straight responsibly.
What is the fear of hurting relationships?
Any or all of these are the types of relationships that can be strengthened by Talking Straight Responsibly.
What are individual, manager, team, family, friends?
It's this type of communication that allows us to deal with unresolved issues and breakdowns.
What is clear and direct communication?
This common LCD pitfall is failure of accountability that causes us to point fingers and can make restoring a relationship almost impossible.
What is the victim triangle?
In a TSR context, "irresponsibly speaking your mind without regard to impact on others" is known as this?
What is communication dumping?
When you adapt your thinking from resignation to possibility, your mind will open to these.
What are new solutions, opportunities, alternatives, options, or ideas?
Three of these signs or more are among the nine signals that can show a relationship has gone off track.
What are; making assumptions; conspiring against; attacking; complying instead of speaking up; withdrawing trust/not granting trust; not keeping commitments; withholding communication; avoiding the person.
Building trust requires at least one, but preferably all, of these three traits.
DAILY DOUBLE BONUS POINTS!
What are accountability, honesty and vulnerability?
This foundational LCD skill provides others, or yourself, with the information needed to move an action forward.
What is making and managing requests?
Committing to do this means being fully accountable for your communication, combining the skills of 100% accountability and listening for support to successfully talk straight responsibly.
What is committing to communicate?
When we know that someone is listening for our best intention, we can speak with these characteristics.
What is speaking honestly and directly?
Saying “I perceive, I believe, or I assume...” are ways you can take accountability for these.
What are your perceptions and assumptions?
Without clear and direct communication this is what get's accomplished.
What is nothing?
Doing this is a sign of accountability and shows others that you do not give or take them lightly, building trust in the process.
DAILY DOUBLE BONUS POINTS!
Honouring your commitments