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Resolving Conflicts with a Coworker – Part I

I was talking with a friend the other day (let’s call her Samantha) who was having conflict with a coworker who was recently hired into the organization (let’s call him Eric). Samantha has been in the organization for 3 years and is a project manager. Eric was hired 3 months ago and is also a […]

No More Whining Please!

A little less whining and we could get more done. Seriously. Rather than whining about everything, teams would do well to find solutions to issues that arise and take a positive approach to their work. I was working with a team recently that had a number of problems thrown at them. And I’ll admit there […]

Avoiding Groupthink

It can damage the team’s ability to make decisions and be successful

Groupthink occurs when members of a team want to get along and do not want any conflict amongst them. In groupthink, ideas initiated are accepted without fully testing their validity or viability. This is a potentially dangerous situation for teams as members of […]

Stop Sucking Up and Start Helping Out

I really despise sycophants. You see them everywhere. They’re at work, of course, currying favor with bosses and coworkers by heaping nothing but praise upon the less-than-deserving. They can be overt or subtle, but they are there. At best, people will state that these folks “never have anything bad to say” and consider them to […]

The Stranded Manager

A Lesson in Working with People

Once upon a time. I worked with a manager who had 2 employees:

Employee A he absolutely could not work with, since employee A was a complainer. Employee A saw multiple problems in the status quo, and in the decisions of his management to overcome the status quo, and […]