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Management Training

Do you know exactly what you want? Do your partners know exactly what you want? Do you know exactly what they want? Over the years, I have been fascinated and focused on the power of outcome thinking. For instance: Why … Continue reading

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In a previous post I called attention to “consent” as the root of “consensus” (as well as the basis for participation in any group). What some people love and others hate about the process of consensus decision-making is that it … Continue reading

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A while ago, I had the opportunity to accept — or decline — two new business relationships (one as a board member and one in a business venture). As I listened to my internal dialogue about the two propositions, I … Continue reading

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Last week Dan Mezick (agile coach, CEO of New Technology Solutions Inc., and AgileBoston volunteer extraordinaire) and I sat down “together” (on the phone) to talk about people and interactions at work. Dan wanted to pick my brain about the Creating Results-Based Teams … Continue reading

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Imagine my delight when I saw Scott Dunn’s twitter post yesterday. I knew my topic last week at Agile 2011 was hot when 212 people crowded into a room with 200 chairs and then stayed energized for 3.5 hours! The … Continue reading

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Many have expressed interest in a simple and portable game they can play to help a group of people discover the Responsibility Process. As you may know, games are powerful learning tools since they engage players in a learner-centered discovery … Continue reading

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Wow!  A second group of IT leaders from a major retailer in the San Francisco Bay area AGAIN valued the Creating Results-Based Teams workshop they attended. Here’s their internal survey results. Here’s the results from the first group. Share the knowledge … Continue reading

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In my experience, competition and collaboration are neither opposite ends of a some relationship continuum nor alternating conditions. They are actually complimentary forces. In fact, competition and collaboration are precessionary, that is, each is a naturally occurring, unintended consequence of … Continue reading

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Wow!  IT leaders from a major retailer in the San Francisco Bay area valued the Creating Results-Based Teams workshop they attended. Here’s their internal survey results. Check the results from the second group. Download a PDF of this presentation. This … Continue reading

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To prevent ourselves from spewing judgements and harm in productive relationships, traditional wisdom admonishes to “not judge.” But not judging is an improbable — if not impossible — action for all but the most emotionally and spiritually developed of us. … Continue reading

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