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Make Failure and Learning an Objective :: Resistance to Change

Mike Cardus

Edgar Schein. While discussing their concerns I heard that in this workplace, failure to meet defined objectives can be grounds for negative performance reviews. We actually added in their performance evaluation “What areas did you make your best attempt at and failed?” Photo Credit.

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Tackling Problems – How big is your “O”? | You're Not the Boss of Me

You're Not the Boss of Me

It is part of a mental process that Edgar Schein refers to as ORJI in his book Process Consultation- Lessons for Managers and Consultants. And, in thinking about it now, apart from doing just about everything wrong, we simply didn’t spend enough time in “O”. “O” O” stands for observation. Here’s how it works. So, how do you stay in “O”?

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