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Clarify Goals, Roles, & Relationships For Team Effectiveness effective communication effectiveness management team organizational culture Aug 12, 2022

HOW EFFECTIVE IS YOUR TEAM OR WORKGROUP?

Determining HOW to assess how effective your team or workgroup is, is an important first step! Whether you are forming a new group or are simply interested in evaluating an existing team’s current level of health and strength, the 3-legged stool...

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Try This One On For Size …There Are No Difficult People effective communication self-care Aug 12, 2022

Chances are good that you’re here, reading this post, because the title stirred something inside of you. You may be curious about a perspective that could help you feel better about some of your challenging work relationships. Or you may strongly disagree with me already, and are here to...

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Joe Isn’t The Problem — The System Is The Problem effective communication management team organizational culture systems Aug 12, 2022

I have a short and sweet story to share with you that I have wanted to share for far too long. It is not a tale of heroing adventure, of conquering great adversity, nor of the loving kindness of another human, per se. But it could fundamentally improve your ability to find and address the right...

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Management Is a People-growing Machine culture effective communication management mindset Aug 12, 2022

We don’t enter marriage perfect or finished.

Marriage therapist, David Schnarch coined the phrase, “Marriage is a people-growing machine” in the 1990s, pointing to his beliefs that:

  • If the relationship is working, it must begin to confront the individuals in the relationship
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