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Give Everyone a Chance to Speak and Be Heard at Work

Let's Grow Leaders

Whether you’re in a formal leadership position or are participating on a committee, in a meeting, or on a project team, you have a role to play. When every voice is heard your team will make better decisions, you’ll surface and solve problems earlier, you build engagement, ownership, and productivity.

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A List of Referrable Keynote Speakers and Topics to Consider for Your Next Conference

Great Results Team Building

Working with event professionals to deliver an entertaining event experience that provides useful content attendees can take back to their team to improve results and retention is something I am passionate about and enjoy tremendously! It’s an honor when clients or friends refer me for a speaking engagement.

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The Conversational “Sweet Spot” That Unlocks Team Performance

Lead Change Blog

Working in teams can be incredibly frustrating. Whether it was in school, work, or a community organization, you’ve probably had a dysfunctional team experience. It’s that team who can never seem to productively discuss challenging topics. Teams that have a high conversational capacity know how to stay in the “sweet spot.

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How to Deal with Political Conflict at Work

Let's Grow Leaders

What were these juicy conversation topics, you ask? Taylor Swift Workplace performance reviews Cheering on a sports team that’s not your usual team Whether hens lay eggs with or without the presence of a rooster (No joke! Let’s keep the important topics and decisions in our voice-to-voice or face-to-face conversations.”

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What’s Going to Happen Next?

Let's Grow Leaders

See Also: Leadership Skills- 6 Competencies You Can’t Lead Without. An unlikely subject will surprise you with their generosity. Leading Through Uncertainty. Email your team to schedule a meeting. Create a file for the topic, take notes on the email, and put it in the file. What’s Going to Happen Next.

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Four Skills That Revolutionize Team Communication

Lead Change Blog

In my last two articles, I’ve explored the concept of a team’s Conversational Capacity ®. Conversational capacity is the ability to have open, balanced, non-defensive dialogue about tough subjects and in challenging circumstances. Teams that have a high conversational capacity know how to stay in the “ sweet spot.”

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Two Behavioral Tendencies That Sabotage Team Communication

Lead Change Blog

In my previous article , I wrote about the conversational “sweet spot” that unlocks team performance. The sweet spot is defined as the balance of candor and curiosity in team discussions. Teams that have a high conversational capacity know how to stay in the “sweet spot.” Good work happens in the sweet spot.

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