18

Oct

New Research on Healthy Conflict

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conflict, decision making, devil's advocate, disruptive team member, diversity, jerk, research, team effectiveness

Be a better team member, conflict, Contribute, How to fix teams

There is some new research that helps us understand the conflict behaviors that are associated with improved performance. I went through it and translated the findings into practical techniques you can use to contribute to high performance on your team (and added a bonus list of things not to do).

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14

Jun

Do Teams Decide?

accountability, decision making, decisions, meetings, plans, strategy, Team Dysfunction, team effectiveness

About teams, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Contribute, How to fix teams

Most teams think that one of the most important activities they do as a team is to make decisions. I argue that teams don’t make decisions and those that try to are less efficient and effective than those that assign the authority for a decision to an individual. Does your team suffer with any of these symptoms of team decision-making?

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12

Jan

The Problem with Agreeing to Disagree

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conflict, decision making, disagreements, diversity, problem solving, resistance, team effectiveness

Be a better team member, conflict, Contribute, Right Words to Say

If folks on your team are agreeing to disagree, you’re set up for failure. Here’s are the simple steps your team can use to learn to disagree and commit.

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15

Dec

Improve decision-making by separating phases

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decision making, decisions, dissent, planning, strategy, trade offs

Be a better team leader, Contribute, How to fix teams, Strategy & Planning

Make your execution faster and more successful by separating these three different phases of the decision-making process.

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06

Oct

Recognizing Superpowers

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conflict, decision making, friction, matrix organizations, Team Dysfunction, Tension

About teams, Be a better team member, Communicate, conflict, Contribute, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say

Do you have a colleague that drives you nuts? Have you ever considered that the very behavior that is driving you to distraction is exactly what they were put in the organization to do? Can you appreciate the superpowers in your organization?

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22

Sep

A View or a Veto?

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cross-functional teams, decision making, decisions, influence, Input, persuasion, stakeholder management

Be a better team leader, Communicate, Strategy & Planning

Are you stalling your decision-making by giving too much power to stakeholders who should only have a view, rather than a veto?

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08

Sep

Optimists, Skeptics, and Cynics

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decision making, emotional, optimism, optimists, pessimist, skepticism, skeptics

Be a better team leader, conflict, Contribute, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say, Strategy & Planning

It’s easy to be attracted to optimistic thinking and turned off by cynicism, but both optimistic and cynical decision-making is lazy. Use this approach to improve the rigour of decision making in your business.

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10

Mar

The First Steps to Create a Productive Conflict Habit

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alignment, conflict, decision making, disagreement, diversity, The Good Fight

About teams, Announcements, Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, conflict, Exercises, Right Words to Say

Building a productive conflict habit is critical to having a high performing team. But don’t go from 0 to 60 overnight. Use these 9 techniques to introduce low impact conflict on your team.

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06

May

Prevent resistance before it starts

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conflict, decision making, downsizing, fire, firing, resistance, termination

Be a better team leader, conflict, Horror Stories

First off, apologies for posting so infrequently for the past while. I’ve been on the road for most of the past two months and I’ve devoted all available writing time to my new manuscript. The great news is that I just submitted Chapter 9 and that means only one more chapter to go! I am […]

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25

Feb

Is ‘Success Theatre’ Masking Rot in Your Organization?

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Board of Directors, conflict, decision making, GE, General Electric, Jack Welch, Jeff Immelt, success theater, Wall Street Journal

About teams, Be a better team leader, Headline News, Horror Stories, Strategy & Planning

I read an excellent article in the Wall Street Journal this week entitled “How Jeffrey Immelt’s ‘Success Theater’ Masked the Rot at GE.” In it, authors Thomas Gryta, Joann Lublin, and David Benoit describe how the Immelt and his top leaders, “projected an optimism about GE’s business and its future that didn’t always match the […]

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