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Category Archives: work trainingSome 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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An entrepreneur friend of mine has built and sold eight companies. His new venture is a massive, important economic development project that requires the simultaneous launch of three or four different companies with a large number and variety of partners. … Continue reading Some people have a strong distaste for consensus. They say it takes too much time. They describe the painful details of the myriad ways in which group members polarize on issues and then threaten to use their veto power when … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Leadership, Teamwork, Testimonials, work training
Tagged achieving consensus, decision making skills
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Can you believe it — the holidays are here, again. The change of a calendar year can be a wonderful time to acknowledge the investment required to maintain growth and development, including the quality of your relationships at work. One … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Collaboration, Leadership, Management Training, Teamwork, work training
Tagged direction, energy, holidays, team building
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In my recent post, we looked at what to do when we’re left in the uncomfortable position of “holding the bag” and I suggested a straightforward 7-step process for calling others on broken agreements. It’s a great process. And it’s … Continue reading “Constructive” criticism is still criticism. Instead of criticizing, “feed back” your responses with compassion. A huge block to giving others feedback effectively is our addiction to criticizing (i.e., providing criticism). When we criticize, our tonality (if not our words) assigns … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, communication skills, Musings, Teamwork, work training
Tagged criticism, how to give feedback
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In my recent blog post — Leadership Skills: Your Trust Reflects Your Responsibility — I pointed out that whether we trust others has less to do with what others do and more with our own ability to respond. And in … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Management Training, Responsibility, work training
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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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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 |