If you watched coverage of yesterday's House Oversight Committee hearing with the leaders of several #oilandgas majors, you were likely subjected to the same political theatre and posturing that make up a sickening portion of these types of hearings. But even if you count yourself lucky to not be a part of such performances, go ahead and use yesterday's headlines about this hearing as an excuse to ask whether you're unwittingly sounding more like a politician on camera to your stakeholders than the thoughtful, apolitical, self-aware leader you THINK (or hope) you are.
The headline: 𝐎𝐢𝐥 𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 (by Matthew Daly of AP)
The article: https://apnews.com/article/climate-science-business-environment-and-nature-campaigns-cf3524fd23854d2c2df2d3294dd58134
The goal: to (𝐆)𝐫𝐨𝐰, (𝐏)𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 (𝐒)𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 success by pondering these 3 questions throughout your day:
💡 Do your questions unlock meaningful answers or induce defensiveness?
💡 Are you unwittingly asking questions that protect a narrative and/or your ego?
💡 How much time and #energy are you wasting on fruitless "dialogue?"
For an example of some of the non-productive questions posed during yesterday's hearing, check out this exchange between Mike Wirth, CEO of Chevron, and Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan: https://youtu.be/r7PS_kIhuWs?t=13
And for an expanded conversation on the topic of corrosive communication, check out episode 19 of #TheEnergyDetox: https://www.wittingpartners.com/the-energy-detox/leadership-communication-pipeline-attack
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