The Recovering Engineer

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It Takes a Team

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During that time, we’ve added new team members and partners to help with the launch, and that’s the lesson for this post. It takes a team to get anything significant accomplished. We have a publishing team at Jossey-Bass that knows the book publishing business. And the list goes on and on. If you are, tell them.

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From Bud to Boss: My Audio Interview With Wayne Turmel | Guy.

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This is the topic of the Bud to Boss workshop that Kevin Eikenberry and I developed). We have a calendar of upcoming workshop dates for the Bud to Boss Workshops here. We spoke about a number of issues related to the transition to leadership people make when they take their first supervisory role.

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Take It, Leave It, or Change It

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During the workshop, I told a story I often tell about a situation in my life where, as a leader of a team, I was confronted with large scale changes that impacted me in ways that I could not change or control. After telling the story, one of the workshop participants shared a variation of the thought that she had read elsewhere.

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Question What You Know Is True

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In short, he wondered aloud how a team that had not moved the football in 58 minutes of a 60 minute game could focus for the last two minutes and score a touchdown. After all, a football team cannot possibly run a two-minute offense for a full game. Conflict Confidence Workshop. I know that to be true. Always Have a Pen.

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Six Questions to Ask for Successful Collaboration

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This individual ability to solve problems, applied in a team environment, can become a weakness as the new leader pushes strongly for a solution that others resist. Conflict Confidence Workshop. The biggest problem with collaborative problem solving is the collaborative part. Related Posts How to Plan a Wedding Reception in Seven Days.

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Management Tip Audio Interview with Nick McCormick

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Related posts: From Bud to Boss: My Audio Interview With Wayne Turmel My Interview With Mike Phillips on Lead the Team Tags: audio interview , bud to boss , Leadership Skills , mangement tips , nick mccormick Guy Harris describes himself as a recovering engineer.

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What CAN You Do?

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As I travel around the country to lead workshops, I often hear frustrations with or objections to some of the supervisory/leadership techniques and approaches that I advocate and teach. I seldom hear an outright disagreement with the general approach. I work in the government.”. You do not have to stay in that mental and emotional state.

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