Latest / Speak In Flow / Unlocking Leadership Potential: Conscious Communication with Jason Jones
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- 0:01Melinda Lee: Hello dear listeners, welcome to the speak
- 0:04in flow podcast, where we share unique experiences to help you
- 0:09unleash your leadership voice. Today, we have an amazing,
- 0:14amazing leader, Conscious Communication Coach, Jason
- 0:20Jones. Hi, Jason.
- 0:22Jason Jones: Hi, Melinda, so great to be on your podcast. I
- 0:24mean, I've been looking forward to this. Me too. It's so great
- 0:27to connect. Again, I've known you for quite a while you've
- 0:31been a conscious communication coach for over a decade now. So
- 0:35before we even dive into the meat of it, which is going to be
- 0:37great all about asking the right questions to influence people.
- 0:41I'm curious, how did conscious communications coach get born?
- 0:47It's an amazing title. And that become a thing? Yeah, it will.
- 0:51It was definitely, it was definitely an evolution because
- 0:54I was my former title. I was like business coaching, and
- 0:58doing business coaching. And what I discovered is that I was
- 1:03doing lots and lots of strategy with people do this strategy,
- 1:07try this technique, try this, this has worked, do all that.
- 1:10And I found it to be I would say, oh, effective, like maybe
- 1:16half of the time. And I started to look and recognise that there
- 1:20were other, there were barriers for people that weren't the
- 1:24strategy, it wasn't the thing to do, the barriers were more
- 1:29within them. And the conscious aspect comes out. Because the
- 1:33way that I focus on communication coaching is
- 1:37developing someone's ability to be able to see someone else for
- 1:42what is happening for someone else. Mm, which is distinct from
- 1:47what is the normative behaviour, which is I project onto you what
- 1:54and who I think you are, Melinda, and I make all kinds of
- 1:59assumptions about how you look about how you dress about what
- 2:02you say, and I treat all those assumptions, like it's the
- 2:05truth. And then I talked to you that way, right. And that
- 2:09produces a certain kind of experience. And most of the
- 2:12time, it can be an OK, experience, it could also be a
- 2:15not so good experience, because I'm not actually seeing you,
- 2:19Melinda, I'm seeing all the assumptions that I have about
- 2:23you. And when you're communicating in a conscious
- 2:25way. That is you're putting effort into understanding who
- 2:30you're speaking to, and understand where they're coming
- 2:34from, in an effort to look at their reality. So you understand
- 2:39the context in the world they're living in. Yeah, informs what to
- 2:44say to them and informs where the conversation goes, what
- 2:47there is to share. It's interesting, because like, I
- 2:50mean, cuz I think all the people here the audience members were
- 2:54exceptional, were great leaders. So we can go in with these
- 2:58assumptions. I think, Oh, I know this person. I believe I know
- 3:02this person. And you're saying that I see even if I believe
- 3:05that think that they're I'm probably still going in with
- 3:07assumptions. Well, we always do and and so when I'm not saying
- 3:13I'm not saying for example, like that I don't operate under any
- 3:17assumptions at all. I have transcended that note. That mean
- 3:20there is we're human beings, right. And this is how we sort
- 3:23and compartmentalise It's how our brain works. It's how we, we
- 3:26have to put things in categories so that we understand it.
- 3:29However, what happens, Melinda is when you put the effort into
- 3:35witnessing and trying to see the person as they're showing up
- 3:40without judgement, without assessment, without evaluation,
- 3:45without wondering, what are they above me below me? Where are
- 3:49they? Where do I fit with them? Without all setting all of that
- 3:52aside? And just looking for and listening for who is it? I mean,
- 3:58who can trip us up? But like, like, who? Yeah, who is it? That
- 4:03is like really showing up? You're the person. And when you
- 4:06put the effort into your communication that way and into
- 4:11witnessing and seeing people that way? They experience you
- 4:15differently, because what happens is they become seen.
- 4:20Melinda Lee: I love that because let's face it, I mean, every day
- 4:25I change every day, that person probably is changing. We every
- 4:31day is different. Every moment is different. So why not look at
- 4:35that moment as a new moment?
- 4:38Jason Jones: Yeah. Oh, yeah. You got it right on. Yeah. If we can
- 4:43if we can run with this a little bit. Yeah. I'm thinking of like,
- 4:47imagine this as, like, let's say, intimate partner, like your
- 4:52romantic partner, spouse, partner, like the person you
- 4:55live with. You're with them every day, right? Right. Now
- 4:58what typically happens in a relationship like you meet
- 5:02somebody new, you're really attracted to them. They're
- 5:05amazing, right? And in those moments, yes, you're probably
- 5:08projecting what you want them to be on them. But you're also
- 5:11really paying attention. You're paying attention to like, Oh,
- 5:14that's cool, or, well, I don't know, when you're avoiding. You
- 5:16don't want that kind of guy, or that or I want to watch out for
- 5:19this red flag, and you're really like really looking and really
- 5:22listening. And then after a while, you get comfortable with
- 5:25each other. And then you say, Okay, well, let's, you know,
- 5:28let's be committed. And then yeah, now you're committed. So
- 5:31it's like, oh, you relax a little bit. And then you've been
- 5:33together for a few years. And then suddenly, they do
- 5:37something. And you're like, Where'd this come from? You
- 5:41don't like jam? You. But I didn't. I didn't think you'd
- 5:46like trucks. Right? Because you've we stopped seeing the
- 5:50other person as they have grown. And we're seeing the person that
- 5:55we got the assessment of in those first times together,
- 5:59totally. But all that we actually listen for, is what we
- 6:05know. So then when something when you feel blindsided, when
- 6:08they're different when they change, same thing in work.
- 6:11Like, why is Tom why Tom act that way, Tom say that, like,
- 6:15what's what, Tom, he's not being the way we expect him to be kind
- 6:19of thing. And then we get what we get agitated, like, well,
- 6:22what's going on, or there's a problem, there's a problem with
- 6:24Tom or we got to get in the way, but it gets into we got to do
- 6:27something, right. And the only thing there is to do Melinda is
- 6:30to slow down and go see what's going on with Tom today. Who is
- 6:36Tom today?
- 6:37Melinda Lee: a good reminder. Today, I just was agitated
- 6:41today. And you know, slow down, it's a great reminder to slow
- 6:46down and see what's happening with Tom asked the right
- 6:49questions.
- 6:51Jason Jones: Yeah, that world and get present to the world.
- 6:55Melinda Lee: So what if I'm a team leader, and I have an idea,
- 6:59and I want my team to come on board, and I present my ideas.
- 7:03And then there's resistance like, we've been in that
- 7:06situation before where they're like, hmmm, I'm not sure. I
- 7:08don't know if I want to do this, like,
- 7:10Jason Jones: sure. Well, the first thing that I would invite
- 7:12that team leader to do is do not go in cold. And if they're if
- 7:16you're going to be asking them to change things about what
- 7:20they're going to be doing, that's going to be disruptive to
- 7:22them. Because we know that any kind of change is disruptive to
- 7:24people, there is no good change. Even if you throw a surprise
- 7:28birthday for somebody majorly stressful. Like it is like first
- 7:32terror and then happiness that it's all their friends that said
- 7:35surprise, right? Because like people hate surprises, like hate
- 7:40surprise, as a norm. They do they like things predictable.
- 7:44And for the most part, you know, kind of generalised? So you're
- 7:48you're going to set yourself up for resistance, if you go in
- 7:54with you like a cold presentation, right? Right, and
- 7:59say, Okay, this is what we're going to do. And let me tell you
- 8:03why it's going to be great, right? Looking at their faces,
- 8:05and you're going like, why aren't they smiling? They This
- 8:08is really good. Let me know, let me keep talking and tell you why
- 8:11this is good. And I'm really excited. It's like, Well, I'm
- 8:14glad you're bought in. But I'm not feeling it over here. And
- 8:18what's missing Melinda is that you're coming in with a great
- 8:21idea to change the stuff that I do. But I feel invisible in that
- 8:25I feel I feel unseen. All this has happened away from me. I was
- 8:30not involved, or I was very minimally involved, right? And
- 8:34so if you're going to come in with a change, then what would
- 8:38make sense would be to send out an email and ask one or two very
- 8:43open ended questions about those things, or about the aspects of
- 8:50their job that are going to be affected by the change? How do
- 8:54you feel about and feel is very important. How do you not think,
- 8:58but feel? How do you feel about this particular workflow or this
- 9:04particular process? Or, you know, what, what is this kind of
- 9:09thing? This does two things. One, it gives you an idea of
- 9:12like where they're at, so you know, the listening that you're
- 9:15speaking into, so that you can connect with what they're
- 9:18thinking as they're listening to you. The other thing it does is
- 9:22it gives them an opportunity to actually process how they feel
- 9:26about those things. And then like for instance, if it's
- 9:29really inefficient and ineffective, and it actually
- 9:32makes more work for people for an example. And this is a
- 9:35streamline process. If they process that out in a note for
- 9:39you. It's like, well, it's all right. But you know, it'd be
- 9:41better if it was like this, or if that we didn't have to do
- 9:43that or whatever. And they're being candid. If you're an
- 9:46environment where people feel safe, to be candid with their
- 9:49direct reports, that's something to keep in mind. There has to be
- 9:51a level of safety for this kind of sharing, but even it's still
- 9:54valuable to send out that questionnaire because then they
- 9:59are going to have a chance to process it in their minds before
- 10:02they are blindsided with it with your exciting news. Guess what
- 10:07we're doing this and it's gonna be like that. And it's like
- 10:10that's different and different is like really disruptive. So
- 10:13they've had some time to pre process. Now they actually are
- 10:17in a place that you can start engaging them with what's going
- 10:21on, instead of kind of being met with maybe stony faced people or
- 10:26like, Yea, or just giving you what they think they need to
- 10:29give you get out of the meeting and go grumble among themselves,
- 10:33about what you know what that is. Because that there's going
- 10:38the resistance will not stop at the end of the meeting, even
- 10:41though the train is going with that change. There will be
- 10:45suffering, and there will be conflict, and there will be
- 10:49issues with employees that are related to that that will show
- 10:52up in different aspects of the relationship.
- 10:55Melinda Lee: And how do you Oh, so that email that initial email
- 10:58is so crucial. I think I mean, that's, I think, like you
- 11:02mentioned, maybe not all leaders will do that. And it's part
- 11:05it's, it's such a huge part. And is it do you recommend that they
- 11:10reach out to every single team member? And also, I think like
- 11:15the questions that you said, how you feel about it is like so
- 11:18important, because I think it's there's a difference between
- 11:21interrogation like, they might think they're asking me these
- 11:25questions how I frame the answer is going to be crucial. So I
- 11:30think going back to do we ask the whole team and all the team
- 11:33members? And also how do we bring safety? Because I think
- 11:36that's a huge part so that they answer in a way that's
- 11:39authentic, right? And not in a way that's contrived, because
- 11:42they think change might be happening. If I say the wrong
- 11:45answer, yes, or no,
- 11:48Jason Jones: those I mean, those are two different those are,
- 11:50those are like safety is a whole nother podcast, we can we can
- 11:54touch on it. But it truly is like this psychological safety.
- 11:58Like none of this other stuff works unless people feel
- 12:01physically and psychologically safe. We make the assumption
- 12:04that like, Oh, you look safe at work looks like but that that
- 12:08actually that it's a low bar, right? Because it's like, if
- 12:12they're being reactive to anything that comes up that this
- 12:16change can't be good, then they're not safe, there isn't a
- 12:20culture of safety that's present. So first, your
- 12:23question, though, is who gets it, who gets the questions, or
- 12:27anybody who's being affected by the change.
- 12:30Because by by actually sharing out loud how they feel about it,
- 12:34allows them to release how they feel about it, which can create
- 12:38an opening in them to feel differently about it, when you
- 12:42actually present and process with it. Because here's
- 12:46Unknown: the big thing that's that is really missing. And so
- 12:49much of this kind of communication, and wanting
- 12:52people to move with a new plan is that we have to give people
- 12:55time to integrate the change, or they're always going to be
- 13:00pushing against all their feelings about the past, and all
- 13:03of their all of their feelings about it that may not be
- 13:05relevant. And they may not even want to have those feelings
- 13:07about it. But they're going to be there. And then they're going
- 13:10to manifest in different disruptive ways that you can't
- 13:13put a finger on, because you won't know that was because we
- 13:16changed this process last month. Now you're doing this, which is
- 13:19in a different context, right? But it's like it's when the
- 13:22integration isn't there. So everybody gets the questions
- 13:25that are and, and the questions can be like, Hey, this is just
- 13:30for, we just want to understand where you're at, and, and how
- 13:34you're feeling about like how things are working to inform our
- 13:37decisions. Well, that intent creates safety, because it's
- 13:42saying, I want to take you into consideration and your feelings
- 13:46and your experience in the decisions I'm making that
- 13:49establishes a context of safety and appreciation and being seen
- 13:54and include it even though I didn't come until ask Melinda,
- 13:57you give me the best plan for this, you know, I didn't ask you
- 14:00to do it. But I'm getting your input on it. And then they pre
- 14:04process it by by sharing with you and an email would be easy
- 14:10and efficient. And then when you come in and you present it, the
- 14:14presentation is followed by a integral, a discussion. And the
- 14:19discussion is for the intention of integrating what is going to
- 14:23happen and how it's going to affect people and integrating
- 14:26their feelings about it. Because human beings are driven by
- 14:30feelings. We go feelings out of business will work with robots,
- 14:34because humans are driven by feelings. So the more that
- 14:38you're into helping people to integrate their feelings, that's
- 14:41what the less resistance, you'll get for things that shouldn't
- 14:45this change is not a big deal. Why are people acting like it
- 14:48is? Well, it's because their resistance is rising because
- 14:52they didn't have an opportunity to actually integrate the change
- 14:55and how they felt about it and hold it and the way they
- 14:58integrate that is by processing sharing with each other sharing
- 15:01out loud sharing, sharing, sharing how this happens,
- 15:05typically when it's not facilitated by leadership, is it
- 15:08people go away from the meeting? And then they talk amongst
- 15:11themselves?
- 15:11Melinda Lee: Right, right.
- 15:12Jason Jones: But depending on the culture and how either
- 15:15healthy or toxic it is, they either commiserate, if it's a
- 15:18really healthy culture, and people feel they feel safe and
- 15:21happy, they generally do the integrating amongst themselves.
- 15:27But you bring it into the process, then then it feels like
- 15:32management. And the team is actually doing that plus, what
- 15:36comes out of that integration is going to be really informative,
- 15:39to the leaders of the people they're working with, they're
- 15:42going to actually see what's happening within their people
- 15:45that can inform their decisions about how to work with the
- 15:48people, because they're getting into their worlds, because
- 15:52we're, you know, talking about silos, we're all siloed in our
- 15:54heads, and when leaders only talk to leaders and like, cook
- 15:58up an idea, and then they roll it out, then they're going to be
- 16:02coming up against resistance all the time. Right, right. I hear
- 16:06from leaders, my clients, they go, Well, we've given them time
- 16:10to process, we've answered all their questions, and they're
- 16:13still resistant. From the leaders perspective, what does
- 16:18that mean? It feels like given them time to process so they
- 16:22they've given them time to discuss it in meetings over and
- 16:25over several times already. And so from the leaders perspective,
- 16:29leaders like, Okay, we've already talked about this went
- 16:32like there was more wanting to move forward, because they feel
- 16:36like the they're still the people, the members or don't
- 16:40want to move forward, they're still rich. So what that tells
- 16:43me Melinda, is that the processing, no one was heard in
- 16:48the processing. And so here's here's a really important
- 16:52distinction about human beings for leaders right now, is that
- 16:56if somebody comes in and wants to be able to tell you how wrong
- 17:01everything is about how things are working, and how they're
- 17:05going, and how they would like it to be, they don't necessarily
- 17:09for for that to be a win and for them to reintegrate into the
- 17:13processes, that is the plan that everyone is working, you don't
- 17:18need to agree with them or adopt all their ideas. And there is
- 17:23this there is this resistance like, well, if I let them say
- 17:26it, then I gotta do something about it, the doing about it, is
- 17:31hearing it, understanding it and empathising, with their
- 17:35experience, and letting them get it all out. This releases all
- 17:40that stuff. And you know, what happens when they release all
- 17:43these feelings, these thoughts and all that? You know, what
- 17:47happens? The resistance, yeah.
- 17:51Melinda Lee: Right. Right. That makes sense. That makes a lot of
- 17:55sense.
- 17:56Jason Jones: It's really important to think in terms of
- 17:58in terms of the resistance and allowing how, as a leader are
- 18:02you allowing people to open and express and to release, so it
- 18:08can be let go of so that we can then come together again, and an
- 18:13idea, because a lot of this resistance that they're talking
- 18:16about is unconscious resistance, there isn't like, let's Well,
- 18:19what should we do now? Well, let's have a coach, let's have
- 18:21somebody do a presentation, let's get a motivational
- 18:23speaker. You know, it's like, those are external things. And
- 18:26those are fine. I'm not saying they're bad ideas, but I'm
- 18:30saying is that if you really want that resistance to release,
- 18:34then the processing has to be an actual formal processing, like
- 18:38kinda like a reconciliation. It is not not like one, it is a
- 18:42reconciliation. You know, like, when South Africa did their
- 18:44whole, they did a huge, big truth and reconciliation. And
- 18:47they I mean, they're, they're trying to reconcile like major,
- 18:49major trauma. I mean, that's like, that's, like gigantic
- 18:52compared to what companies deal with, right. But what made it
- 18:56work in that extreme of case is that people were heard and seen,
- 19:01and when they're heard and seen, they can let go of whatever
- 19:04petty, I don't like this, and I don't You're making me do that.
- 19:06And all this kind of that gets released, they can let that go
- 19:10and be content.
- 19:14Melinda Lee: I love that. And then the resistance comes down.
- 19:17Jason Jones: And then the resistance.
- 19:18Melinda Lee: Yeah, because they're just they're all the
- 19:20little petty stuff is all made up in their head because they
- 19:23haven't felt seen or hurt. Yeah, because the mind will generate
- 19:27lots of reasons. Lots of reasons why it's not going to work or
- 19:29why it's not good. Why not? Yeah, yeah.
- 19:33Jason Jones: Yeah, exactly. And stuff that isn't isn't
- 19:36productive for anybody. And nobody feels better after it.
- 19:40And they still feel unheard. And then they still feel like that
- 19:42this plan was railroaded, right? Yeah. So the big question is,
- 19:45how do we present this in a way so nobody feels like we're
- 19:48railroading this plan. And you do it in such a way where it's
- 19:51like you give them some time to pre process what's coming. You
- 19:55don't have to tell them exactly, but you want to ask questions to
- 19:57have them process around the change.
- 20:00You're going to make and then you come in you present it, then
- 20:03you do another round of processing real processing and
- 20:06integration, which is them sharing how they've lost. I
- 20:09don't like it, say more about that. Well, this, you know, and
- 20:12then focus on feelings. How did that make you feel? Well, it
- 20:16really makes me feel frustrated, because I've been doing it this
- 20:18way. And I just get uncomfortable about change. I
- 20:20got that. And then they hear themselves say that and go, Oh,
- 20:23well, that's what that is. Right? And they're even
- 20:25discovering is their you being heard and sharing. And the
- 20:29leadership doesn't have to go, Okay, we're gonna rework this
- 20:31whole thing based upon what everybody said, they're just
- 20:34going, I'm hearing this, and maybe there is some things that
- 20:37come out that might be good to tweak or change. But it's like,
- 20:41it's bringing people together and allow raishin.
- 20:43Melinda Lee: But so going to this, okay, I'm frustrated by
- 20:46this. I'm frustrated. So they said it out loud. And sometimes
- 20:49people just stay in their frustration. Like, sometimes
- 20:52they're able to, like the resistance comes down. But
- 20:56sometimes they're just stuck.
- 20:57Jason Jones: They stay in their frustration if they're not
- 20:59heard.
- 21:00Melinda Lee: Like, there's times where I'm like, I hear you, I
- 21:04hear your frustration. And then we just leave it there. Like, we
- 21:08just hey, let's just be in this frustration. We get that I get
- 21:11that. And then to transition them out of that sometimes. Even
- 21:17I have maybe more conversations. Yeah, right.
- 21:20Jason Jones: Yeah, the truth is, if you really want harmony,
- 21:25you've got to do the work to have harmony,
- 21:27Melinda Lee: maybe how can we help you get out of this
- 21:29frustration? Is that good question? How can we alleviate
- 21:33some of your frustration with change, then?
- 21:36Jason Jones: Well, I would caution against so I would
- 21:39caution against problem solving. Right? Because so first off
- 21:43their frustration isn't a problem. So it's like exploring
- 21:49the exploring the feeling like okay, so So what's happening?
- 21:53When does this frustration come up? Is this something you feel
- 21:56every day? Because by exploring it deeper with them and asking
- 22:01more questions, rather than going directly to problem
- 22:03solving, right? Because where we tend to want to go is like, Oh,
- 22:07let me fix this for you, Melinda, then it's not we're not
- 22:09we're not gonna fix anything for anybody. We're gonna say you're
- 22:12capable of regulating and fixing yourself. So what we're going to
- 22:16do is we're going to go, well, let's go deeper into this
- 22:19frustration. And the point of doing that is not so you can
- 22:22find out what you need to fix it, Melinda. It's so they can
- 22:25hear for themselves what they're saying. And they get to it. Oh,
- 22:30well, and then they can maybe get to like, well, I just like,
- 22:34it just stresses me out whenever we change anything around here,
- 22:36because it just it's just, it just does. Yeah, I got that.
- 22:40Okay, well, what so what can you do to soothe yourself? Like what
- 22:45would be a way to kind of like, ease that for yourself? How can
- 22:49I support you in easing that for yourself?
- 22:52Melinda Lee: Or like, it'd be like, how many what like, when
- 22:55did that happen? When did you have when did this happen
- 22:57before? That is built up this frustration? Like talk about the
- 23:01different narratives that have created it before? Like you
- 23:04said, asking there is a part where you can ask them, Well,
- 23:07how can we how can you alleviate that, but even before that,
- 23:10there might be a lot of narratives that have created
- 23:13like hell Sure. To talk about that.
- 23:15Jason Jones: Well, and I hear where you're, I'ma hear where
- 23:17you're going with that. So my only caution is this is that the
- 23:22questions I hear you asking are questions that sound like you're
- 23:25trying to get the root of the problem to fix. And this isn't
- 23:29actually there's actually not a problem to fix here. What there
- 23:33is, is a process to let them work out whatever there is, so
- 23:38they arrive for themselves at what's left. Because once you
- 23:46know when someone is heard, and once they like, air out all the
- 23:50stuff that they feel, then usually what they're left with,
- 23:55is what the irritation is, I'll give you an example a long time
- 23:59ago, I used to work in the events business. And, and I was
- 24:03I was a core i was an MC I was also like coordinating the
- 24:07activities in the event, I was working with catering. And we
- 24:10had made some kind of change and things are going really bad for
- 24:13the caterer. And the guy came up and we moved to table and he was
- 24:18furious. And he just lit into me about like how I was ruining
- 24:23everything for him. And so at first I was like, What the heck,
- 24:28like, I'm not ruining everything for you. I'm actually making
- 24:31this great for you like this is kind of where I'm at, right?
- 24:33Because that's what I am there to do is to make everything flow
- 24:36make everything great. But in that moment, I was able to
- 24:39actually distinguish and going, Oh, he's upset. We need to have
- 24:45him be upset so he can actually see what he's upset about
- 24:49because with the kind of unresolved frustration that
- 24:52you're talking about that is of piles of frustrations, and so we
- 24:58need to get the pile expressed asked to get to the bottom. So
- 25:01he was like, You're this and you're that and you made this
- 25:05and you and he's like totally projecting it on me. He's
- 25:07blaming me. And I'm like, that's fine, you could do that. And I
- 25:09stopped processing with him. And I just said, Oh, I get that. I
- 25:12hear you. What else? What else is there? What else is there for
- 25:16you? What else is there? And he just kept going and going and
- 25:19going, you know what happened? He was up here at like, flip
- 25:22out, like you wanted to hit me with a chair. And then as he
- 25:24kept talking, and I kept getting it and hearing it, it was
- 25:27releasing. And so it came down and down and down, down, down.
- 25:31And then he was almost call. And I was like, so I so what's the
- 25:35challenge? How can I help?
- 25:38He's like, I don't want that table there. So where would you
- 25:41like that table? I want it over there. I'm like, great. How
- 25:45would that feel? That would feel awesome. I'm like, terrific. We
- 25:49moved the table. He went back to work. And there was no issues
- 25:53the rest of the night. Like, you know, there was no stink eye
- 25:56here. You know? Yeah. So
- 26:00Melinda Lee: I love all that if I love this, this is there's so
- 26:04much value nuggets. It's priceless. Priceless. This has
- 26:08been so much fun. Just keep on going because there's so stay
- 26:13tuned next week. I know part two with Jason Jones. I think we do
- 26:18another one. But thank you so much for your valuable insight.
- 26:22It's really appreciate it's always good to connect with you.
- 26:27I
- 26:28ya know, there's so much there's so much wisdom that you've just
- 26:33shared. And I really thank you for that.
- 26:35Jason Jones: So thank you. I appreciate
- 26:37Melinda Lee: I mean, tell the listeners how they can get a
- 26:40hold of you what's new in media programmes, like how do you
- 26:43Sure? Sure, I'm easy to find. It's the name of my company is
- 26:47the coaching our what we specialise in is we specialise
- 26:50in transforming people's communication to shift away from
- 26:53positional conversations into collaborative conversations. A
- 26:57lot of what we talked about today is like in that realm of
- 27:00like collaborating with people in your communication, and doing
- 27:04that sort of thing. And the focus, our primary focus right
- 27:07now is for fractional leaders that are transitioning into
- 27:11their own consultancy, because they're like, oh my gosh, how do
- 27:14I sell myself and we really specialise in helping non sales
- 27:18people become really good at enrolling new business and
- 27:21opportunities, not using sales speak or any of that. But by
- 27:24authentically connecting and relating and being able to see
- 27:28what's going on for somebody and having that awareness. And so
- 27:31this is what we work on. And it's been doing amazing results
- 27:35for people in their business in their lives. It's been so fun.
- 27:39Yeah, yeah. Because you people see right through it if you're
- 27:42not connecting with them. Oh, yeah, that was process. Yeah. So
- 27:46you're done is done. You're toast.
- 27:48So yeah, I love what you teach. I love I mean, I've always
- 27:52learned so much from you in the past and even today, so thank
- 27:56you again, Jason. Connect with Jason on the coaching and the
- 28:01coaching our.com. We'll put his website in the show notes. So
- 28:05thanks again. I'll see you until next time.
- 28:08Jason Jones: All right. Till next time