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Is Cooperation the New Efficiency?

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Is the ability to gain cooperation an underestimated component of efficiency? I commented to her that I think the ability to gain cooperation is an underestimated component of efficiency. Cooperation is better than compliance. The skill of gaining cooperation. The post Is Cooperation the New Efficiency?

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Do You Know the Value of Your Social Capital at Work?

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A formal definition based on the work of Pierre Bourdieu is: value that can be derived from social participation and cooperation. Communication is one way to influence people to cooperate with you, get work done, or have a favor granted. If they scowl at your email, text or call, your social capital is low. What is social capital?

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What Your Employee Probably Isn’t Telling You

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They may be the person who owes us an email or who not is cooperating with our latest project. It’s easy to see our employees, co-workers, and supervisors only as the carefully cultivated masks they present to us. They are just the person who parks next to us or holds the door for us. We may be the same things to them.

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Real Leaders Don’t Make Excuses

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Her contact with the software company was not cooperative. Claire was having a hard time getting what she needed to get her job done. She was on a team implementing a new software program. You could even say he was actively uncooperative. She went to her project manager.

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Are You Believing in Your Own Vast Potential?

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It’s likely that the higher your belief is on a scale of 1-10, the more others will cooperate, deliver and delight you. How do you “believe in” those around you? Do you believe in the vast potential of those surrounding you at work? What does this mean for YOU? This is something deeply rooted in me. ” What?

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The Secret to Ticking People Off Before You Even Get Started

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I told I had tried that and the website was not cooperating. When I told her I had already called that number several times and no one answered, she again responded with, “I can’t help you with that.” ” Deep breath, Mary. She suggested I go online to make a reservation. Then she said… well, you know.

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