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Category Archives: Personal DevelopmentSome people exhibit such a need to be right that they can’t stand evidence to the contrary. Do you work with someone like that? These are the folks who work overtime to prove others wrong and disparage anyone who has … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Management Training, Personal Development, Teamwork, work training
Tagged collaboration techniques
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Here’s the winner of the badge design contest for the Leadership Gift Accreditation Program. This design was chosen from 63 entries (see contest post). Four levels of accreditation are available. Leadership Gift Program members can apply for the designation of Recognized … Continue reading Most leaders have the motivation process exactly backward! For who knows how long, when you (a leader) wanted me (a follower) to commit to high performance, you and I both expected YOU to tell ME what’s in it for me … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, communication skills, Leadership, Management Training, Personal Development, Teamwork, work training
Tagged motivation, wiifm
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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
Posted in communication skills, Leadership, Management Training, Personal Development, Teamwork, work training
Tagged outcome thinking
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We just posted the download page for the German version of the Responsibility Process poster. You can download it–and a number of other languages–in full color PDF and make as many copies as you like. Read more about the project … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Development, Recommended Resources, Responsibility
Tagged download, German, PDF, translation
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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
Posted in Leadership, Management Training, Personal Development
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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 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 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 I don’t know why people seldom end relationships well. Maybe it’s because we all want so much to win — and endings threaten us with losing. Maybe we’re annoyed that we don’t know how to derive any more mutual benefit … Continue reading
Posted in communication skills, Personal Development, Teamwork
Tagged ending relationships
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