Business Coach & Comedian Dean Lewis
It’s hard to write an article when the speaker is a comedian. The jokes are not as funny when you read them. You had to be there.
It was a pleasant surprise to find that comedian Dean Lewis is also a business coach. He has been combining the two careers for twenty five years and has coached such businesses as Microsoft, Pepsi, Frito and many others. He has also appeared on a number of comedy shows on TV.
Today he brought a message about communication – specifically being careful how you communicate so that the others truly understand the message you are trying to send. He talked about people making assumptions when the other party doesn’t supply enough information.
He used a very clever tool to make his point. Five volunteers were selected and told that two of them would be sent from the room and the other three would make up a story. The two would come back and ask questions to try to guess the story. The kicker was that all of the questions had to be answered by yes or no.
After the two left the three were told they would not be making up a story but to answer the questions randomly, yes or no. The questions were good but the two were confused and could not tell what the story was. They did say there certain things they thought they knew but there was not enough information.
That was the whole point. Yes or no is seldom enough information to make a decision so people make up their own assumed story. If you are the seeker don’t settle for yes or no. If you are on the other end make sure you provide enough information to get your story across.
Check Dean’s website at deanlewiscomedy.com .
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