My translation of Plato’s Republic includes the Cleitophon, a tiny little document that scholars doubt was written by Plato. But it is a dialogue like many of Plato’s works, and it reads as a reaction to the Republic. The student, Cleitophon, has questions and concerns about the teachings of Socrates. We talk about feedback (including in podcast form) quite a …
Ensure you think things through using the “Common Topics”
Signs that your team needs to better think things through: You don’t meet to discuss it and instead decide on your own. You do meet to discuss it but have no disagreement in the room. The meeting is short or feels like checking a box instead of having a discussion. There is little silence during the meeting. There are few …
Wrestle to grow
Ripe Fruit The story goes that one of Plato’s students invited him to come teach Dionysios, king of Syracuse. Dionysios was a decadent king, and the student hoped Plato could help the king learn to love wisdom, develop self-discipline and rightly lead his people. Instead, the king exiled Plato’s student, then kept Plato under an informal house arrest. He couldn’t, …
“Training without coaching is a waste of time.”
The quote in the title is from Dr. Howard Hendricks. And it speaks to the connection Hip Socket strives to make between my work, coaching, and my passion, classical thought. Perhaps you don’t have time to read the sales-oriented white paper at this site, but the statistics in the summary are damning. Two in particular: Sales trainees forget half of …
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