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Sep

Everything is About Relationships

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The longer I live the more I realize that everything is about relationships. Of course we categorize relationships into convenient compartments: Workplace relationships, personal relationships, customer, client, team member and so on.

The reality is, nothing happens without some sort of relationship. In every instance you can look at any success you have and trace it back to a relationship: Someone knew something you didn’t know. Someone introduced you to someone. Someone offered you an opportunity.

Relationships only exist because of how you think, therefore relationships are not just about people. You have a relationship with time, with money, with leadership, with authority and so on.

When I started my business I started it with the intention to “improve communication and relationships everywhere.” I recognize that when I struggle in any area, there is a relationship issue lurking somewhere. With these thoughts in mind, here are ten things I know for sure about relationships. Read More→

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Sep

Four Ways Lack of Clarity Contributes to Workplace Conflict

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There are a lot of things that contribute to workplace conflict. When a leader or owner of a company says to me, “why can’t they all just get along?” then they ask about doing a workshop, I can tell that they think the problem is mostly personality or communication skills. Well, that’s only part of the problem. What I have found is that when you increase the clarity you decrease the workplace conflict, aka DRAMA. Here are four things that contribute to workplace conflict due to a lack of clarity. Read More→

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Sep

Three Ways to Instantly Increase Productivity

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You want your team to be effective, but you notice a lot of mistakes, burnout, complaining and procrastinating. In today’s busy world, most of us are caught into three unproductive patterns that drain energy and inhibit performance.

If you want your employees to be more effective, you must first lead by exaple, then you must encourage these three habits: Read More→

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Aug

Seven Tips for Improving Workplace Relationships

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The strength of our workplace relationships can be put to the test at any time. Whether it’s avoiding the accountability conversation with a low performer; promising to get back to an employee when you know you won’t or telling a salesman the decision is up to the committee, dishonesty erodes trust and damages relationships and contributes to workplace drama. It does not matter whether that relationship is with an employee, a vendor, or a customer.

Here are seven tips for improving all types of workplace relationships by becoming more honest.
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Aug

Workplace Relationships:How Managers Can Effectively Manage Cliques

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I recieve many questions from managers on how to improve workplace relationships. Here is one of the questions that frequently comes up when I speak in an organization.

Question: We have a lot of cliques in our workplace. As a manager I wonder what are the dangers to the workplace, and how should a manager work to break up the cliques?

Answer: Generally people think of high school when they hear the word “clique” but cliques are present at business networkings, professional organizations and in the workplace. Cliques are a concern for mangers in the workplace because they can impact effective workplace relationships. Specifically,

Cliques can represent exclusion
Cliques contribute to jealousy
Cliques create a tribal mentality or blind spots

When I was an employee cliques would gather at the break table. The cliques were so solid that each person even had their preferred place at the break table. Once when I was farmed out to a different department I unknowingly sat at the “wrong” spot at the break table. Read More→

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Aug

Workplace Relationships: Seven Steps to Improved Management

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Suppose you take a new management position only to find a toxic workplace relationships. Your efforts are met with defensiveness, aggression and insubordination.

What can you do to change the climate and improve the workplace relationships?

Great question and I intend to give you seven steps, however it’s important first to look at what to expect when navigating through any type of change.

1. Change is never easy
2. Change always brings a little drama

The brain has an almond shaped structure called the amygdala, which shoots out chemicals through your blood stream as fear, doubt, anxiety and even anger when ever there is a threat. Knowing this up front will help you to remain objective instead of creating more drama as you courageously initiate positive change.

Going from bad management to good management is going to be an experience not unlike the hit show, “The Nanny.” The kids (your staff) are spoiled and unruly. They are going to resist at first and you will be the one who feels the pain. It may even feel personal at times. Here are seven ways to go from toxic management to good management. Read More→

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