Last week, we talked why it makes sense to become friends with your colleagues. This week, we are focused on how to become friends with your colleagues. Although these ideas may be completely obvious for most of you, one of the reasons I started writing this blog was to provide practical ways we can work […]
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It seems like we are always striving for that “work-life” balance. Although we don’t want to spend our whole lives working, why do we think we need to keep our “life” out of work? This is particularly true when it comes to friendships. We spend a lot of our days, weeks, months and years at
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You may be thinking this is a terrible way to start a blog post about how we can work better together; however, unfortunately, sometimes in the process of working with others we face opposition and struggle. We may have taken action – or in action (see last week’s post) in order to help our team
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As leaders, we have a tremendous opportunity and responsibility to help our teams and partnerships thrive. As we talked about a few weeks ago, it’s critical to get clear on your priorities as well as “who is doing what” within the team. It doesn’t stop there. Our actions – or inactions – can make a huge difference
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How many times have you been in a group or a meeting and were confused about why you were there or who was supposed to do what? Or perhaps you are in a job and there is no formal job description? Have you found that your team or group is just doing a lot of
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Working in teams can be both energizing and challenging. One of the greatest challenges comes when you are making decisions. Who really decides? Do we need to have consensus? Does the group need to agree on every decision or just major ones? Is it possible to move forward together when most people agree and a
Last week, we talked about the characteristics of an “Ideal Team Player“. One of those characteristics is being “people smart” which is very connected to the concept of Emotional Intelligence (EI). High levels of EI are critically important for leaders and followers, and is essential in helping people work better together.
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As I mentioned last week, I am reading more again. One of the books I just finished, thanks to a friend’s recommendation, was Patrick Lencioni’s, The Ideal Team Player. He lays out a pretty simple framework to what it takes to be an “ideal team player” and I think he’s come up with some good
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I have spent more than 15 years working in public health and remember learning very early in my career that “it’s all about relationships.” I wish I had a dollar for every time I have heard someone say, “we need to build partnerships” or “create a coalition” or “convene an advisory group” as if it’s
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