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Conflict Resolution

How To Pick Your Team In A Corporate Environment

Ian Spellfield asked: “The key elements to a successful sled team are a steady driver, and three strong runners to push the sled down the ice.” -Sanka Coffie, “Cool Runnings” (1993) Young professionals who have already found a job and ask me for advice are often focused on a single question: which group in their […]

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Improving Team performance

High Performers Versus Low Performers – 7 Ways to Tell the Difference

Barbara Brown, PhD asked: What’s the difference between a high-performer and low-performer?  That question occurred to me after reading findings from the company Leadership IQ.  Out of 16,237 employees, only 3,896 self-identified as high-performers!  If you move beyond the shocking realization that everyone did not label themselves as high-performers, you might come to the realization […]