Dont Feed the Elephants!, Sarah Noll Wilson
Dont Feed the Elephants!, Sarah Noll Wilson
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Don't Feed the Elephants!
Overcoming the Art of Avoidance to Build Powerful Partnerships

Author: Sarah Noll Wilson

Narrator: Sarah Noll Wilson

Unabridged: 5 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/21/2022


Synopsis

You see the giant footprints the moment you walk through the door. The conference room is a swirling mess of tension, heaviness, anxiety, and peanut shells. Something is very wrong with your team. Everybody knows it, but nobody is talking about it.

It’s obvious there’s an elephant in the room. Is it an Avoidephant, feeding off the fears of retaliation and exclusion? Perhaps it’s a Blamephant—whom we love to feed because it makes us feel better about ourselves. Or is it one of the other five types of elephants?

No matter what type you’re dealing with, executive coach Sarah Noll Wilson knows your elephant is not there by accident. It was created, and someone has been feeding it. Is it you?

In Don’t Feed the Elephants!, Sarah explores how you can address the true elephant in the room: avoidance. She shares tips for having conversations you may be avoiding, invites you to get curious instead of furious, and shows how to own your role rather than passing blame. You’ll come away with a shared language to free the elephants you see—and the confidence to do so.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Courtnee on July 17, 2022

Don’t Feed the Elephants by Sarah Noll Wilson outlines her experience in facilitating workshops with team members who couldn’t address their problems openly and honestly. Some of the individuals she tried to help would dismiss or diminish their concerns, so the author sought to bring the problems in......more

Goodreads review by Heather on March 14, 2022

There is so much to love about this book and I think my favorite thing is that Sarah Noll Wilson is able to take a very tough subject - our fears and vulnerability around having hard conversations in the workplace and life in general - and somehow bring joy to it through playful language and creativ......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on September 05, 2022

I personally struggle with avoidance. When I’m in an uncomfortable situation I’m usually the one to make peace or avoid altogether. I love how the author discussed the importance of speaking up, engaging with people, and how to defeat the elephant in the room.......more

Goodreads review by Aneesha on August 21, 2022

Don’t Feed the Elephants! by Sarah Noll Wilson is a handbook for personal and professional life. With an appealing cover and text embellished with relevant drawings, the content of the book is engrossing. Building on the proverbial elephant in the room, Wilson, a leadership coach with a doctorate in......more

Goodreads review by Blake on August 08, 2022

How to conquer your fears and speak the truth. Conversations are difficult when we fear we stand to lose something. Let me explain. Author Sarah Noll Wilson explores how to address the true "elephant in the room", avoidance. Through this book, you receive help understanding what the elephant in the roo......more