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In every relationship, including those at work, we have expectations. We expect others to act a certain way, respond to situations the way we’d like, care about the same things we care about. If you are someone who sets the bar high for yourself, chances are you also set it high for the people you share your work and life with.
The problem is
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What Do You Do in the Gap?
March 30th, 2010 
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Posted in Communication, Inspiration, Leadership, Productivity 
Tags: accountability, Communication, delegation, Leadership, motivation, Relationships, teamwork 
2 Comments »Are you an Inspiration or filled with Desperation?
March 23rd, 2010 admin Every once in a while I run across a great read that so succinctly says what I’ve been telling my clients for years. “The Oz Principle” by Roger Connors, Tom Smith and Craig Hickman is one of them. It fires me up!
Accountability, by their definition, is not derived through punishment and consequences but rather through ownership and empowerment. Their specific definition is:
Posted in Inspiration, Leadership, Productivity Tags: accountability, Communication, Leadership, success, teamwork, tenacity No Comments »Team Norms: What are Yours?
March 15th, 2010 Kirsten Ross A norm is an often unstated rule that governs how people act in a group. New members of a team usually learn the norms through observation or trial and error. These norms can work for your business or against it.
Left to their own devices, teams can become toxic, aka drama-filled! An employee arrives in a bad mood. The group norm is to complain and whine about everything. Perfect! He or she fits right in! Even a new employee who starts off with high energy can get sucked in and turn sour.
Posted in Communication, Drama Free Work, Leadership, Productivity Tags: accountability, Communication, Leadership, process improvement, success, teamwork No Comments »Leadership Lessons from a Climbing Adventure – Part 5 in a Series
February 15th, 2010 admin It’s always fun to revisit an activity like that after years. You find that you have a whole new perspective. I am at a very different place in my life than I was when I last strapped those shoes on
and tightened that harness.
I guess that I must still feel pretty at ease way up the wall because my mind was on more than where I would put my foot or hand next. I couldn’t help but think about how many analogies there are to
make between climbing and leadership.
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Posted in Communication, Inspiration Tags: Communication, Leadership, process improvement, teamwork, tenacity 1 Comment »Leadership Lessons from a Climbing Adventure – Part 4 in a Series
January 15th, 2010 Kirsten Ross I went rock climbing recently. It was a ball! I used to make time for it consistently and hope to make it more of a priority again. It’s always fun to revisit an activity like that after years. You find that you have a whole new perspective. I am at a very different place in [...]
Posted in Communication, Drama Free Work, Productivity Tags: Communication, Drama Free Work, teamwork, time management No Comments »Leadership Lessons from a Climbing Adventure Part 1 in a Series
December 10th, 2009 admin I went rock climbing recently. It was a ball! I used to make time for it consistently and hope to make it more of a priority again.
I guess that I must still feel pretty at ease way up the wall because my mind was on more than where I would put my foot or hand next. I couldn’t help but think about how many analogies there are to make between climbing and leadership.
Posted in Leadership, Productivity, Uncategorized Tags: delegation, Leadership, teamwork 1 Comment »Behavioral Based Interviewing – A Very Quick Overview
December 4th, 2009 admin Behavioral Based Interviewing is a great technique to help you avoid the candidates that won’t add up and identify those rock stars. Watch to get a super quick synopsis of this very useful interviewing technique:
Posted in Leadership, Productivity Tags: human resources, Interviewing, success, teamwork 1 Comment »Maintaining Positive Relationships with Co-Workers While you Telecommute
October 4th, 2009 admin Maintaining positive working relationships with co-workers can be a challenge under the best of circumstances. When you are a telecommuter, however, it can be even more difficult. Here are some tips to help you stay away from some common pitfalls.
Posted in Communication, Life Balance, Relationships Tags: alternative working arrangements, teamwork No Comments »
