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How Team Leaders Can Improve Problem Solving Skills With a Clear Process

Great Results Team Building

And the most Effective Leaders follow a repeatable, step-by-step process for clarifying and solving the right problem, emphasizing the importance of writing down and agreeing on the problem, acknowledging distracting assumptions, listing possible causes through diverse perspectives, and gaining support for implementing the solution.

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Identifying Root Causes Beats Quick Fixes Every Time

Frank Sonnenberg Online

Among the popular reactions to the problems is forced diversity. President Kennedy introduced the concept of Affirmative Action in 1961 as a way to force diversity and end discrimination in all areas of society. And we can’t fix diversity by decrees and platitudes. Are You Addressing the Root Cause With Quick Fixes?

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