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Are you helping or hindering with strategy? A Quiz
This month I have been facilitating a strategy process for a really cool high tech company. It’s a company I’ve worked with for a while but this time the process was different—it was better. What made...
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How to start a meeting
It’s been a while since I posted a new Right Words to Say video, but I’m back with a few new answers to questions sent in by members of the Change Your Team Community. In this post, I answer a...
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What does your stress look like?
I walk down the aisle to my desk and sit down in front of my computer. It’s 10:30 and I have just finished three back-to-back half-hour meetings.
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Why you owe it to your teammates to disagree with them
I am becoming increasingly convinced that the ability to have conflict effectively is the holy grail of team effectiveness. I spend day after day helping team members understand the benefits of...
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Managing underground conflict
I received a note from a member of the ChangeYourTeam community last week. In it, the person shared her difficult position. Here’s an abridged version. “I am a young leader with a team of people who...
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I received a note from a member of the ChangeYourTeam community last week. In it, the person shared her difficult position. Here’s an abridged version. “I am a young leader with a team of people who...
View ArticleWhen the problem is outside your team
It can be extremely frustrating when one of your teammates isn’t cooperating. But at least when it’s one of your own teammates that’s behaving badly, you have some recourse with your mutual manager....
View ArticleThe most annoying co-workers
Over breakfast this morning, Craig shared a story of a really annoying teammate behavior. I agreed wholeheartedly, “phew, that IS annoying!” and then pitched in with another super-duper annoying thing...
View ArticleAre you being undermined?
I was treated to such a nice Mothers’ Day this year. While enjoying my breakfast in bed, I watched a really interesting documentary on the English castle at Dover. (This was the trifecta for me:...
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