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"Zapping workplace tension..."

4/30/2014

 
Link to web resource  Zapping workplace tension to improve patient safety
This is a link to an online article summarizing an Institute for Healthcare Improvement one hour audio program given April 2014. Though the focus is on health care teams, the methods are broadly applicable to teams across all industries. For additional reading see the Ultra-Brief Blog post Transforming tensions on teams: checking assumptions.

                                                                        Link to: Zapping Tensions and Tempers to Improve Patient Safety

Unexpected transformations of "personality problems" at work

4/21/2014

 
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We've all dealt with people at work who cause us headaches due to difficult behaviors that appear to be deeply ingrained personality traits. In the large majority of circumstances of such difficult behavior, situational factors are the predominant driving forces—not personality traits or even lack of skills.

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Reactivity vs. creativity, possible indicators

3/20/2014

 
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For background on use of this table, see the article Are you leading from reactivity or creativity?
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Invisible barriers to communication (part 1: the problem)

3/20/2014

 
Article Download pdf or read online. From the Resources home page, click on "Read more" to see full article.

Disruptions of communication up, down or across a hierarchy are common.  

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What looks like a deficit in "people skills" may not be

3/20/2014

 
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The case of the 70 employees with bad “people skills.”

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Holding the tension of paradox

3/20/2014

 
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There is opportunity in opposites.

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The boldness of not knowing

3/20/2014

 
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How often do you see quick leaps to solutions?

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