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The Compromise Trap

The Compromise TrapStay true to yourself and be a positive force at work.

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Getting to Team Synergy, Part 2

AA002485_8bIn the last post on Team Synergy, we explored the fact that teams often waver in deciding whether to invest in real teamwork.  We often fail to recognize the ways our work is already interdependent and how we can disrupt each other if we do not actively manage those connections.

 
Getting to Team Synergy, Part 1

dv541060_8bThere are certain words that are used so often and so vaguely that they can mean almost anything. “Teamwork” is clearly one of those words… and “synergy” is another.  Some of you may remember the film In Good Company, where cut-throat tycoon Teddy K. (played by Malcolm McDowell), speaking after a series of arbitrary layoffs, folds his hands together almost like a priest and incants the mystical virtues of synergy.

 

 
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