Today Colin T. McLetchie, PCC BCPP (President and Founder of Five Ways Forward) returns as guest co-host to share his years of experience with me regarding the primary tool of leadership: Conversation.  Here are some of the key points from our discussion:

• The difference between communication and conversation
• How to know when to move from email to scheduling a meeting (4:00)
• The Missing Conversations (7:30)
• Conversations that should be prohibited (10:25)
• Conversations that should be required (21:40)
• Why is leadership and conversation intertwined (23:00)
• Carrying context-the continuous nature of conversation (27:20)
• The role of emotion in conversation (31:10)
• Blocks from and tools for getting present for conversation (36:48)
• How to have courageous conversations (50:40)