Cooper Related Topics 
The Recovering Engineer
JULY 27, 2011
With compliance, we can get apparent cooperation and bare minimum performance while we are with people. With commitment, we get cooperation even when we are not present, and we create the possibility that the other person will work with extra, discretionary effort to get even better results.
The Recovering Engineer
NOVEMBER 19, 2012
Even if the work rules, pressures from your boss, or level of cooperation from your team scream at you about the things that you can’t do, there is still something that you can do. Identify at least one positive action you can take in the next 24 hours to improve the situation even if others do not cooperate. Take that action.
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The Recovering Engineer
FEBRUARY 14, 2017
I frequently got arguments and push-back from people and little or no real cooperation. As I applied logic, I sometimes slipped into coercion rather than persuasion. You can probably predict the outcome from most of these efforts: failure.
The Recovering Engineer
FEBRUARY 4, 2010
The better question to ask is: “How do I get myself to do the things that will connect with this person so that they will want to cooperate with me?&# Assuming that you want to have a productve relaitonship with the other person in this question, the real question is not “How do I get them to do what I want them to do?&#
The Recovering Engineer
JANUARY 25, 2016
I frequently got arguments and push-back from people and little or no real cooperation. As I applied logic, I sometimes slipped into coercion rather than persuasion. You can probably predict the outcome from most of these efforts: failure.
The Recovering Engineer
JUNE 29, 2010
It’s my responsibility to do everything in my power to make things better whether you choose to cooperate with me or not. Yes, I understand that people get frustrated and give up when other people don’t eventually cooperate. I get that.
The Recovering Engineer
JANUARY 11, 2011
He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S.
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