One problem that gets in the way of moving forward in building collaborative teams is when someone on the team has little or no concern for other people’s thoughts or feelings.
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Collaboration Requires Understanding and Caring
In his book, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey emphasized that we can’t proceed to high levels of effectiveness if we act like an island. As we mature, we grow from being dependent to becoming independent. But then, to truly advance, we must learn the skills of becoming interdependent.
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There’s More Than One Way To Be Smart
For years, organizations and educational institutions placed a high value on IQ, but in the early 1980s, Harvard professor Howard Gardner proposed the idea that multiple types of intelligence exist. Essentially, Gardner’s book, “Frames of Mind, The Theory of Multiple Intelligences,” drastically improved our understanding of how we tick.
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Combatting Burnout
One of the most daunting problems facing workers is burnout. Excessive workload due to employee shortages plus new and changing workplace rules are growing issues.
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Ideas for Personal Renewal
In this final installment of my series on Stephen Covey’s book “7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” I want to offer suggestions for what one might do to “sharpen the saw” in the four key areas identified by Covey.
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Sharpening Your Saw
If we do nothing but plan, organize, prioritize, solve problems and deal with the problems that arise when working with others, we will eventually burn out. Our minds, bodies and spirits need the occasional tune-up.
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