The Power of Curiosity: How to Have Real Conversations That Create Collaboration, Innovation and Understanding

As leaders or parents (or both), navigating difficult conversations is part of our job description.  How do we keep calm and achieve a productive outcome, all while keeping our relationships intact?

The secret is curiosity.  It is the innovation-driving, emotion-calming skill that comes so naturally to us as kids, but gets buried so easily beneath our busy, multitasking lifestyles.  The good news is that we just have to relearn what we already know!

In “The Power of Curiosity”, mother-daughter executive coaching team Kathy Taberner and Kirsten Taberner-Siggins introduce the Curiosity Skills and a full, step-by-step process to use anytime, even when potentially challenging conversations arise.  In ’The Power of Curiosity’ you’ll learn:

How to be fully present in every conversation, even when distractions abound

The fie listening choices you always have available, whether at home, work, or school

Specific calming strategies to access when negative emotions run high

A step-by-step process to transform potential conflict into relationship-building opportunities."

Kathy Taberner is a former occupational therapist with a MA in Leadership and a Professional Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation, Kathy has been a facilitator/trainer and coach in leadership development for the past ten years. After recognizing how crucial curiosity was to understanding others and building relationships, she and her daughter Kirsten Taberner Siggins co-founded the Institute of Curiosity, a coaching and training organization that helps individuals learn and apply the skills of curiosity to their personal and professional relationships. Kathy lives in the Okanagan Valley and Vancouver with her husband.

Kirsten Siggins is a certified executive coach and a member of the International Coaching Federation, with experience in the entertainment industry (Warner Music London, American Idol, AOL RED, and producing events, photo shoots, and commercials) and the business world. Regardless of industry or context, Kirsten believes curiosity is essential to personal success, growth, innovation, health, and happiness, and co-founded the Institute of Curiosity with her mother Kathy Taberner in 2014. Kirsten lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.