7 Speak on Dysfunctional Relationships

Erin: “I have been able to tackle a very uncomfortable, normally very uncomfortable topics, that I would have run from before. I’ve been able to like get that stuff out on the table a lot sooner and have discussions about it, instead of having arguments about it.”

Merrille: “We had some challenges in our business and it part of it was because we were a family-operated business and that brings challenges of its own. But then when you’re trying to change a system, trying to change the way you operate that create really does create a lot of conflict. And and you have to stay at it and stay at it because… I call it change-back. You slip back into the old ways.”

Terrill: “This has taught me that I don’t know as much as I thought I knew. Ha ha! there are some things that I don’t know… even with all that experience.”

Lauren: “The work has stretched me in many ways. The work has taken me to places that I never thought that I would experience as a leader. Tt has taken the company to places. All of the work while at times it can be very difficult and very challenging, it’s beneficial in so many ways. The challenges to it are very well worth the work that goes into what you get out of the backend.”

Betty: “I think people need to think very carefully about what their feeling is about working and developing others. And do they have a positive feeling about what people’s motivation is, and how responsible people do want to be. And I think the natural tendency is to try and focus on the other, and maybe point the finger, and blame someone else, but it’s not very productive. It doesn’t really get anywhere. Do I have a positive, sort of a positive worldview for want of a better way to say it, that you’re much more likely to wind up with a good result. Because you’re more open, you’re more flexible, and you’re at least, my feeling is: that you think that the individuals that you’re working with really want to do the right thing.”

Scott: “I think it’s allowed me to be more transparent and honest with myself and as well as with others and the environment. It’s important to know that it’s just an evolving process and you’re constantly improving and you can always reset and start over if something doesn’t feel like it’s going right.”

Danieal: “One of the biggest challenges is just really allowing yourself to be vulnerable: vulnerable to yourself, vulnerable to the others that are present, vulnerable to your fears and allowing others to see you in that state, allowing others to support you in that state. And on the on the flip side though, you are developing much deeper, longer lasting, more meaningful relationships and communication, with those around you.”