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Resistance to Change is Cooperation for Improvement

Mike Cardus

While working, you perceive change on a continuum from cooperation and learning — to resistance and a pain in the ass. . Change happens, and the cooperation/resistance is what you learn from and look for to co-construct what makes change work to improve the organization’s and your viability in the market. .

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Conversations On The Circular Economy Shouldn’t Be Rose Tinted

The Horizons Tracker

Cooperation between nations and organizations is vital if society is to tackle the numerous global and systemic challenges it faces. Nowhere is this more evident than in the circular economy, but research from the University of Freiburg highlights how excessively optimistic narratives can undermine such cooperation. ” Two camps.

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5 Pitfalls That Make Workplace Conflicts Worse

Great Leadership By Dan

Constructive disagreements enhance creativity, encourage honesty, and lead to better problem solving. Our research has identified seven distinct conflict situations, depending on your answers to these three key questions: · Is the other party cooperative or competitive? (In Or, what can I get done without depending on others?)

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How do you write an impactful performance review phrase?

HR Digest

As a manager, you have to give constructive feedback and this is easier when you have a list of performance review examples to guide you. These words come as a form of performance and self evaluation to determine where there is room for improvement and to identify goals as well as employee objectives. Outstanding work.

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Conflict Is In The Air

Lead Change Blog

Because conflict is (and has been) here to stay, the trick is managing it to a constructive, goal-oriented end that increases performance and advances the greater good. Peter Cooper, industrialist and philanthropist. Michelle Maiese, Emotions, Beyond Intractability. How are you managing conflict these days?

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The Continued Exploitation Of Informal Workers

The Horizons Tracker

The research, which focused on the construction and domestic sectors in India, China, Mexic, South Korea, South Africa, and the United States, found that many workers suffer from a lack of protection by standard employment laws, but can manage to organize one another and improve their work conditions. ” Shut out. Joining forces.

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Solution-focused questions to get unstuck and make progress

Mike Cardus

When you describe what you are looking for, you can use the feelings and expressions of resistance and cooperation to highlight or spotlight progress steps to control and see patterns. Feelings are co-constructed, and feelings get re-created when you think about the past based on your current presence in context.

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