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Twin brothers who are professors and consultants have an ongoing conversation and answer listener questions about leadership communication and its challenges. Having consulted for over 35 years and coached executives in major corporations and institutions

Bob & Ray


    • Dec 11, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 20m AVG DURATION
    • 76 EPISODES


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    Final Episode - A Tribute to Ray

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 21:56


    Dr. Ray Husband passed over to the other side on a crisp Tuesday morning during the last few days of November.  This final podcast is a tribute to him. It involves 15 of his dearest friends having a poignant conversation about him as a way of commemorating his life.  His passing  left a hole in our world.

    Episode 75 - Still Revisiting Interpersonal Conflict

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 19:58


    This episode continues, refines and summarizes our our thoughts on interpersonal communication conflict.

    Episode 74 - Revising Our Model of Interpersonal Conflict

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023 20:12


    Regretfully, Ray has been quite sick these past few months.  So, we've decided to replay some of our previous episodes until he gets back to the mic.  This one is the beginning of series we did on conflict early in the podcast.  Enjoy. Again.

    Episode 73 - It Gets Even Better: Feedback in Stereo

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 20:38


    Ray and Bob continue to respond to the request on give us some more of that stuff on feedback.  Here it is!

    Episode 72 - Reviewing Feedback

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 20:44


    We've recently received some requests to review our conversation on feedback.  So, here it is again.  Enjoy!

    Episode 71 - Still Revisting Listening: It's Worth Hearing Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2023 19:52


    We think listening is such an important skill that if we are going to replay any episodes while we are away, they need to at least start with those on listening.

    Episode 70 - Asking Questions Revisited

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 21:27


    Bob and Ray return to one of their earliest episodes to remind us of how important it is to ask great questions and how we can develop the skill to ask them.

    Episode 69 - Power Markers and Attractiveness Markers, It Is All About The Blend

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2023 19:44 Transcription Available


    Bob and Ray try to work through some very interesting, but difficult nonverbal behaviors to get a hold of.  it's fun stuff and it can really change how you come across to others.  We are even going to attach a transcript/worksheet for the first time.

    Episode 68 - Touching: Realizing How Important It Is And Why We Need To Do It

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 20:11


    Ray and Bob explore the nonverbal behavior of touching.  Should you do it in this day and age? Absolutely!  But how and to what end is the key. Thank you, Ruth, for showing us the way.

    Episode 67 - Be Intentional About Keeping Level Eye Contact With the Other Person

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2023 19:02


    The twins go back and summarize proxemics with an interesting story on when conflict is initiated in different cultures. They also reclaim how important it is to maintain level eye contact with the other person in conversation.  Finally, they tell a couple of favorite stories about working with cruise ship captains who violate good nonverbal communication principles.

    Episode 66 - Let's Have Some Fun With Proxemics and Interpersonal Space

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2023 19:28


    The twins launch into a discussion about interpersonal distance zones (Proxemics) in western culture and their impact on communication.  They also provide some tips on how to use what you learn to your advantage.  It's just the beginning.  Lot's of fun stuff here.

    Episode 65 - Nonverbal Communication: The Landscape

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2023 18:45


    Bob & Ray start a series on nonverbal communication.  This episode simply provides a landscape for further episodes on the topic of nonverbal communication.  Essentially, the twins are going to tackle what it is and how to use it to your advantage.

    Episode 64 - A Marketing Executive Shares Her Insights on Communicating In A Virtual World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2023 20:28


    Ray and Bob have the exciting opportunity to visit with a Senior Vice President and Senior Partner of an International Marketing firm who really knows her stuff when it comes to the ins and outs of communicating remotely.  By the way, always put on shoes for work!!

    Episode 63 - Turning Things Around In A Hurry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 19:13


    Ray and Bob have the distinct pleasure of visiting with a turnaround genius.  James McCain is a career turnaround executive whose experience in turning around failing or poor performing organizations is what legends are made of.  He shares some fascinating insights into the keys of successful turnarounds.  Heads up for "fraudulating" a concept you will want to have at your finger tips.

    Episode 62 - What It's Like Teaching in One of the Largest City Universities in the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2023 19:24


    We have as a guest, a remarkably caring and thoughtful professor and scholar who teaches at CUNY, one of the largest city universities in the world. She shares her experience of teaching in New York City before, during, and after the great pandemic of 2020-21. You are in for a treat.

    Episode 61 - Parenting and Communicating with Your Teenager - No Small Task

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2023 18:50


    Ray and Bob make a valiant, sometimes misguided, attempt to talk about the underlying issues in communicating with your teen.  We even offer a few strategies for trying to reduce the "heat" in those conversations.  Sorry, parents, it's all on you.

    Episode 60 - Formal Performance Reviews: For All The Angst, It's About Accuracy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 19:20


    Bob and Ray, mainly Ray, leads us through the ins and outs of performance reviews. Though we are always concerned about the emotionally charged nature of the event, we decide accuracy is the more important feature of the review.

    Episode 59 - Avoiding Being Critical While Providing Constructive Feedback

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2023 19:25


    Ray and Bob push on to the emotionally charged communication situation of providing feedback that can be perceived as negative. It comes down to finesse and knowing the difference between criticism and constructive feedback. 

    Episode 58 - Caring vs Curing: Be on the Right Side of the Curve

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 19:31


    Ray and Bob finish their conversation about how to be of support to someone who is emotionally distraught.  You can do it well or do it poorly. Depends on whether you choose to care or you choose to cure.

    Episode 57 - One More Strategy for Communicating While Feeling Attacked And...

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2023 19:35


    Ray and Bob finish their thoughts on strategies to communicate effectively while feeling under attack.  They then swing to the other end of the emotionally charged continuum to initiate a conversation on how to help others in emotionally charged situations. Yes, emotionally charged communication is on a continuum.

    Episode 56 - What To Do When You Feel Under Attack

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2023 19:28


    Ray and Bob offer some different, maybe even intriguing, strategies to deal with communication situations when you are feeling under attack.  By the way, they really work!

    Episode 55 - Setting the Table for Emotionally Charged Communication

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2023 19:23


    Ray and Bob start a new series on communicating in emotionally charged situations. They attempt to identify some different types of communication situations that bring their own emotional charge. And, with it, extra difficulty in communicating effectively.

    Episode 54 - How About Coaching In A Virtual World

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2023 18:49


    Ray and Bob continue to host their terrific guest, Mr. Jeff Trautman, and focus on the issue of coaching in a virtual world.  The transitions that had to be made;  the good, the bad, and the ugly;  and the choices going forward are all discussed.

    Episode 53 - Structureless Structure

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2023 19:17


    The  twins continue to host their guest, Jeff Trautman, to talk about how and why coaching relationships need structure.  They wrestle with a host of issues:  building trust, overcoming resistance, delivering bad news early, not "sandwiching" the client, and emotionally charged communication.

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    Episode 52 - The Twins Get Help From An Expert In The Field

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023 19:52


    The twins host a dear friend and expert on coaching to explore the nature of a coaching relationship and the important ingredients in developing one. We are definitely going to have him back.

    Episode 51 - What Coaches Provide and the Skills Necessary

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 19:56


    Ray and Bob lay out what coaches provide and the skills needed to created a successful coaching experience.  Watch for some "nuances".

    Episode 50 - Hey Mike Jones Why Were You Such A Good Coach?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2022 19:23


    Ray and Bob play a little catch up and decide to reclaim some lost issues in what coaches focus on before moving on to what do coaches provide. They discuss one of their favorite coaches and take you to the movies.  BTW, Merry Christmas!

    Episode 49 - What Does A Coach Focus On

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2022 19:16


    The twins try to dissect what coaches focus on.  We even try to take on parenting from a coaching perspective. What a mistake.

    Episode 48 - So Why Coach As A Leader

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 19:41


    The twins lay out some benefits to you as a leader when you decide to coach. You might be surprised at what you gain when you choose a coaching style of leadership.

    Episode 47 - So You Think Coaching, Mentoring, and Sponsoring Are All The Same. Think Again!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022 19:58


    The twins make some important distinctions between coaching, mentoring, and sponsoring.  So listen up. This episode sets the stage for many episodes to come.

    Episode 46 - Talking Them Into Submission

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 20:08


    We had the privilege of having our five adult children on the podcast doing a family round table on communication. Great fun! Try it and find out if your family would have as much fun and share as openly around the topic of communication. By the way, the title has nothing to do with the content in the episode. It's an inside joke and was recommended, to the delight of the whole family, by one of the episode's participants. 

    Episode 45 - The Obstacles to Faciltation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 19:28


    Ray and Bob bite off more than the can chew when they start talking about obstacles they find when facilitating. They wanted to do a summary to their series on facilitation but just couldn't get to it. Drats!

    Episode 44 - More Facilitation Skills Wouldn't You Know It

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022 19:47


    Ray and Bob wrap up their conversation on facilitation skills and provide some confessions as to what they are good and bad at regarding specific skills.  Of course, the good outweighs the bad.

    Episode 43 - A Couple of Cute Jokes and More on Facilitation

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 19:57


    The episode is introduced with a couple of cute jokes (no, not Bob and Ray) real jokes from Jane. The twins then finish up their discussion on mindful practices related to facilitation and move into the area of specific skills used in facilitation.

    Episode 42 - Mindful Practices

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2022 20:08


    After finishing a few thoughts on a facilitation mindset, Ray and Bob detail some of the mindful practices involved in good facilitation. And just as the term implies, it  requires a degree of mindfulness to use them. The ideas we talk about rarely come naturally and they are never easy.

    Episode 41 - Oh Yah, Commitments and Orientations in Facilitation

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2022 19:38


    Ray and Bob unpack what they see to be the commitments and orientations that underlie a facilitative mindset.They note to be a good facilitator, also known colloquially as “Tater”, you have to have certain commitments and orientations. So, pay attention!

    Episode 40 - Core Values Underlying A Facilitative Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2022 20:05


    Ray and Bob try a new approach where they simply talk to one another and ignore the listening audience. Could be a mistake. We'll let you know. They wander around the three core values that underlie a facilitative mind - openness, equality, and other-centeredness.

    Episode 39 - Moving On To Facilitation - To Facilitate Or Not To Facilitate That Is The Question

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2022 19:17


    The twins are moving on to facilitation as an important form of communication. They speak to it as leadership style (directive, facilitation, laissez-faire), a skill, a mindset, and a process. Frankly, they make a pretty weak attempt to define it, but they do better at  exploring more of how it can best be used in group settings. Bottom line, its about making interaction easier! More we, than me or you.

    Episode 38 - International Sports Star, Financial Executive, and TV Celebrity Talks Communication

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 20:58


    Ray and Bob get to visit with our youngest executive. You name it, he's done it and at a remarkably young age. Pro sports, TV broadcasting, and financial management. And, yes we were foolish enough to try to go one on one with him.

    Episode 37 - A Fortune 50 Exec Speaks Her Mind On Caring and Communication

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 20:11


    As a part of the ongoing series on Executives and Communication, Bob and Ray have an insightful conversation with a Fortune 50 executive.  She puts it out there on a variety of topics and the only downside is that she is an Ohio State fan.

    Episode 36 - A Software Executive's View on Communication

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2022 20:08


    Bob & Ray have the opportunity to visit with the President of Pixo, a small software firm in the Midwest, to talk communication. He shares some remarkable communication perspectives in leading a midsize company. You don't want to miss his communication heroes, we know both of them.

    Episode 35 - A Major Financial Services Exec Speaks Out On Communication

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 20:27


    Ray & Bob were treated to an insightful conversation on communication with a remarkably successful executive in a major financial services institution.  As the first in our summer series on executives speaking out about communication, we were both impressed and delighted with the conversation. And, you know, we are never easily impressed.

    Episode 34 - Dialogue: One More Time And What Gets In The Way

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 19:16


    Ray and Bob wrap up their series on dialogue with a summary and exploration of what gets in the way. So, if you missed the last four episodes, you might just be able to get caught up with this one. Nah, probably not.

    Episode 33 - What Does It Take For Dialogue to Occur - Come On Name The Specific Conditions

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022 20:57


    Ray and Bob tackle the four specific conditions necessary for dialogue to take place. You really don't want to miss this one. Well maybe you do. But if so, you need to give up on having meaningful conversations.

    Episode 32 - Thinking Through The Counseling Relationship From A Dialogue Perspective

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022 20:08


    Our guest, Dr. Richard Dombrowski, shares his perspective on counseling and dialogue. No you won't get therapeutic help, but you will get insights into the counseling relationship from a remarkable professional.

    Episode 31 - How Do You Know and Why Is It Important

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 19:53


    Still exploring dialogue, the twins go a little deeper on how do you know when you are in dialogue and why is it important. They also take a stab at translating dialogue to one on one relationships and what it is going to take from the person who wants to dialogue with that that significant other.

    Episode 30 - Dialogue: How Do You Know?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 19:58


    The twins to try to impress you, not only with their knowledge, but with the importance of dialogue and how it differs from those other inferior forms of communication. 

    Episode 29 - So How Does Dialogue Compare To Other Forms of Interaction? Don't Know, Listen Up!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022 19:56


    Ray and Bob start in on how dialogue is a unique form of interaction and how it compares to other forms. If you think all conversation is pretty much to same, you better listen up. You've got a lot to learn!

    Episode 28 - Dialogue: It's A Powerful, Fierce, Crucial Kind of Conversation

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022 19:56


    Ray and Bob initiate a new set of episodes on the concept of dialogue. You really don't want to miss this conversation!

    Episode 27 - It's About Music and Communicating

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 20:31


    Ray and Bob get down with a remarkable song writer and singer to talk about performing and communication. A delightful conversation that roams far and wide proves both entertaining and informative to two guys that don't have a musical bone in their body.

    Episode 26 - Receiving Feedback and Reducing a Feedback Adverse Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2022 20:53


    This is the last in the feedback series.  Ray and Bob provide some practical tips on the best way to receive feedback and how you can promote a feedback positive culture.

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