What if we had a way to monitor the status of important relationships?
Figure 1 Measuring the ‘quality’ of Relationships
What Figure 1 shows, is a way to judge or map, the relationships we have. Note:- this will be your perception of the conductivity of the relationship and not necessarily the other person’s and it may not be the ‘truth’about the relationship, since it is a perception / belief.
I’m sure as you think about the various relationships you have, you can place them somewhere on the scale of -2 to +2. The idea is once you have the relationship mapped initially, then you can do something to improve it from say -2 Anti to -1 unhelpful. This could be useful when, for example, you consider the network you have built / are building, in your workplace / career.
It may be an idea, to never let the others see what your perception of the relationship is 🙂
- Why are relationships and the quality of them, important in the journey of you becoming you?
Make a list of the important relationships in your workplace.
- What is the current status of each of them?
- What actions are needed to move negative or neutral, in a positive direction?
- What actions are needed in positive relationships to sustain them?
And perhaps an even more effective way of assessing the quality of the connection is to consider the context,common ground and shared aims.monitoring this more holistic picture will be travelling and enhance influence
Absolutely Philip, this can be taken to much more sophisticated levels.