When working with teams and coalitions, it can be really challenging to determine who gets the credit for collective work. How do you decide whether one organization’s contribution made a bigger impact than another? Or how do you know what actually caused the health improvement? Although our tendency is to want to figure out who […]
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As we end 2018, it’s a time to reflect on the past year and think about your hopes for 2019. I don’t know about you, but as I review my goals and plans from 2018, my first inclination is to notice what I didn’t accomplish. However, I am challenging myself – and you – to
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In my family, Christmas has always been a time to show appreciation to others. We are thankful for the birth of Jesus and the hope He represents. We are also thankful for our friends and family members who are near and far! As a little girl, I remember walking around our neighborhood with homemade bread
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When working with people, conflict is inevitable. It can can be challenging and even exhausting at times. As a recovering people-pleaser, I have a natural tendency to run away from conflict and hope that somehow if we avoid talking about things than the situation will eventually improve. Of course, the situation usually doesn’t improve and
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Last week, we focused on not overwhelming our partners and team members with communication. This week, we are focused on how to not be so overwhelmed ourselves that we miss important communication (or life!) opportunities. Honestly, I am applying this as I am writing it this week. I read the book “Margin” by Dr. Richard
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We are bombarded with email, video chats, webinars, conference calls, social media, in-person meetings, trainings, retreats, conferences and more. With all of these communication methods, it is easy to become overwhelmed – and to overwhelm others. When working in teams, nonprofits and coalitions, we face two big challenges. 1. How do we stand out so
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As we discussed last week, having someone dominate the conversation can be very challenging. It can be even more challenging to ask questions and try to encourage conversation and have no one respond. You definitely want to allow for short periods of silence so that your team can reflect and respond; however, if there are
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As the leader of a team or coalition, you are often a “master facilitator.” There will always be people who are easy to lead and facilitate and others who are challenging. In my experience, there may only be one challenging person; however, it takes quite a bit more effort to handle that one person than
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For the past four weeks, we’ve talked about consistent, concise, clear and candid communication. How do you put it all together? One way is to develop a “communication plan.” If you hear that word and immediately cringe because you think of all your past “communication plans” and want to hit “delete” right now, please wait!
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We can be consistent, concise and clear, but if we are not candid, we will not be able to maintain the trust and engagement of our coalition or team. How many times have you been in a meeting where you sensed tremendous tension in the room but no one was willing to admit it? How
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