RapidStart Leadership

AUGUST 1, 2017

Back in the 1950s, Social Scientist Muzafer Sherif was trying to understand what drives groups apart and what brings them together. Sherif had the teams of boys live in separate, isolated cabins. Sherif and his team had seen what they thought they would. Make sure they have a reason to cooperate. Robber’s Cave.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 15, 2020

I have also communicated with our local sherif who has taken a very forward role in encouraging social distancing downtown – and we are a downtown church. Romans 13 teaches cooperation with our governing authorities. I realize that’s unusual and may not be in your community. They need our support.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Convincing a Google-sized workforce not to resist his ideas, let alone embrace his initiatives, was a huge challenge for Brian—who was not the boss, didn’t lead a huge coalition among those he was trying to influence, and couldn’t horse trade to compel their cooperation. The Power of Baby Steps.

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