•Ask for a volunteer to outline the position of an opposing team member.
•It is unlikely that he or she will be able to adequately outline the other position.
•Ask for other team members to recount instances when they were not listened
to in their work situations. Use one of their anecdotes to begin a general
discussion.
Discussion
•Tell the group that during debates and discussions, people generally do not
listen effectively. They are waiting for an opening to interject their opinion or
look to exploit a weakness in the speaker's ideas.
•Ask the group if this was true of the argumentative team members. You will
probably get resounding agreement. They may even say that the argumentative
members took over.
•Reinforce ...
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