Workforce Planning: A Journey in Optimism
Feb 22, 2012 8:58:11 AM We’ve been focusing on Workforce Planning which, in a nutshell, is a process that ensures you have enough of the right people in the right positions doing the right things at the right times. What our research shows is that organizations often fall in the trap of being too tactical […]
Employee Engagement: Who’s Leading?
Mar 20, 2012 12:27:16 PM Everyone is talking about Employee Engagement these days, as they should. Based on numerous surveys, employee engagement is at an all-time low. We know the impact of low employee engagement is lost productivity, higher attrition, increased expenses, and according to Gallup, costs American businesses $300 billion a year. But whose responsibility […]
What is Conflict?
Oct 15, 2012 12:13:31 PM Like everyone else, my life has had relationships that have experienced various degrees of conflict. When I consider the conflict I’ve faced over the years, it makes me wonder if it’s more or less than that of the “average bear.” I don’t know if I’m typical or if everyone feels the […]
Collaborative Goal Setting
Dec 5, 2012 10:42:29 AM My husband and I find it challenging to set common goals and to make decisions together, or how to engage in collaborative goal setting. Are we the only ones? Finally we have found the decision making process that we hope will help us sort out what is often painful and sometimes […]
What Is Collaboration?
Feb 21, 2013 12:06:45 PM In a recent survey, CEO’s identified critical skills needed to ensure success in this improving economy. No surprise that the skill collaboration made it into the top three. But what is collaboration? The word collaborate has its roots in Latin, and comes from collaboratus, past participle of collaborare to labor together, from Latin com- + laborare to labor. So, working together. […]
Diversity at Work
Apr 3, 2013 10:27:17 AM I recently worked with a group to support them on discovering new ways to collaborate together. I designed the work around ways to practice cognitive diversity. I hoped they could go beyond accepting others unique talents, opinions, and experiences. Diversity today is not about merely accepting others, but rather embracing differences. […]
Conflict Is Part of Collaboration
Apr 18, 2013 11:28:22 AM I just returned from speaking last week at the Lone Star College Women’s Leadership Conference in Houston. I spoke about the value of collaboration. It was the first time I spoke publicly about growing up in an environment that was high on dysfunction, low on trust, and often emotionally or physically violent. One […]
Emotional Intelligence and Leadership
May 2, 2013 2:08:57 PM Recently I was talking to someone I know about an incident that happened where they work. One person was trying to tell a co-worker what to do, and according to my friend this had been an on-going and annoying pattern for some time. For whatever reason, this particular day was […]
Using Agreements for Conflict Management
Aug 27, 2013 3:55:51 PM When twenty strangers met on Whidby Island this past week, it was as if they were representing the world as a whole. By that I mean, when you get enough people together the fullness of what it means to be human comes along for the ride. There were those suffering […]
Creative Conflict Resolution: Being Right is Overrated
Sep 11, 2013 12:28:06 PM “I find him to be closed minded. It’s his way or no way!” “She is really hard to read, like she has on a protective shield.” “It is as if he can’t develop a plan or be the least bit strategic.” “She moves too slow…over thinking everything!” These types of comments […]
