The skills you need guide to interpersonal skills

Again, try to prepare your own answers before scrolling down for ours.
“You made an excellent meal tonight, it was delicious!”
Identify
a. 
A possible passive response
b. 
A possible positive enquiry to use in response
Answers
a. 
“It was no effort” or “It was just a standard recipe”
b. 
“Thanks. Yes, it was good. What did you like about it in particular?”

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ADVANCED COMMUNICATION SKILLS
NEGATIVE ENQUIRY
The opposite of positive enquiry is negative enquiry. Negative enquiry is a way to 
respond to more negative exchanges such as receiving criticism.
Dealing with criticism can be difficult, and you need to remember that any 
criticism received is just somebody’s opinion.
Negative enquiry is used to find out more about critical comments and is a good 
alternative to more aggressive or angry responses to criticism.
EXERCISE
USING NEGATIVE ENQUIRY