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How to Tell If a Conflict is Good or Bad | Guy Harris: The.

The Recovering Engineer

The difference is whether the conflict is constructive or destructive. The challenge is that the emotional energy, body language, and other external signs of the conflict can look the same to an outside observer. So, how can you tell the difference between a constructive conflict and a destructive conflict? Photo by jphilipg.

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Top 10 US Cities to Capture Small Business Recovery Act Dollars.

Women on Business

For funding in education, healthcare, construction, urban development, criminal justice, and the arts, look inside the beltway. Ranking third in Popular Science ‘s list of ‘America’s Greenest Cities,’ Boston is putting its recovery money toward clean-energy initiatives. Governor’s Conference for Women.

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Leadership and Your Long Term Legacy

Next Level Blog

  With more energy and enthusiasm, the man said, "I'm shaping these rocks into bricks."    Construction on the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore began in 1296 and ended 170 years later.   That doesn't mean, however, that your leadership can't build a legacy that outlives you. . 

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Getting Leaders to Change

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by John Mattone , Business Author, Senior Faculty Member of Talent Management Alliance and President of Executive Development Associates (EDA), a global leadership consulting firm that specializes in executive assessment, development, and coaching. Achieving this is certainly easier said than done.

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10 Surefire Reasons to Try Feedforward!

Marshall Goldsmith

In theory, constructive feedback is supposed to “focus on the performance, not the person”. The items “provides developmental feedback in a timely manner” and “encourages and accepts constructive criticism” always score near the bottom on co-worker satisfaction with leaders. People do not take feed forward as personally as feedback.

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Worn out at Work? Twelve Common Workplace Behaviors that Drain Everyone’s Energy – and How to Purge Them in 2011, part 2 of 2

Strategy Driven

It may not always be possible, and accidents do happen – but not being able to find the quarterly report for the third meeting in a row sets a bad example, and it depletes others of the energy they could be putting towards other, more productive work. Leadership is not so much about what you do. The Chronic Deadline Dodge.

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Worn out at Work? Twelve Common Workplace Behaviors that Drain Everyone’s Energy – and How to Purge Them in 2011, part 2 of 2

Strategy Driven

It may not always be possible, and accidents do happen – but not being able to find the quarterly report for the third meeting in a row sets a bad example, and it depletes others of the energy they could be putting towards other, more productive work. Leadership is not so much about what you do. The Chronic Deadline Dodge.

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