Jerry...... Marvelously and clearly stated.
On 3/25/06, Jerry Muelver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Erik Hansen wrote: > > --- Dan Shafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > >> It's a rare bird who can > >> both consult and teach/train > >> > > > > why is that? > > > As a consultant and teacher/trainer, I can answer that. Consulting > requires hard, analytical focus on problem, process, and solution. The > consultant's output is specific direction and procedures, typically > communicated on the consultant's preferred level, with his or her > preferred (paid-for, remember) methods. The objective is to deliver the > message, to change the recipient's projected path. > > Teaching and/or training requires a soft, empathic focus on others' > skills and behaviors, along with a flexible ability to communicate on > someone else's level and channel. The objective is to inspire the > motivation to explore and integrate the message with the recipient's > current path. > > Communication is the eliciting of a response. Effective communication is > the eliciting of a desired response. The consultant and the > teacher/trainer gear their communication for different responses, and > therefore develop and practice different methods. It's a rare bird who > can shift from one objective to the other smoothly, easily, without > disrupting the progress of the "objective of the moment". > > ---- Jerry Muelver > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dan Shafer, Information Product Consultant and Author http://www.shafermedia.com Get my book, "Revolution: Software at the Speed of Thought" >From http://www.shafermediastore.com/tech_main.html _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
