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The Compromise Trap

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

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Twin Arts of Apology and Compromise

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Last month I had the good fortune to partner on a joint talk with John Kador, author of Effective Apology, to explore how compromise and apology might be linked.

What I learned is that the ability to apologize when an apology is due is a healthy compromise. It means giving up the need to be right, to reinforce some fantasy image of who we are, because we value our relationships more than our egos. It requires owning up to our blind spots, weaknesses, and bad habits, but brings us back in touch with reality and frees us from the compromise trap.

 
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Leading for Integrity: Unleash Your Team's Full Potential

Two-day Intensive for Leaders, Followers and Intact Teams

200285453-001_8bIn turbulent times, how do you unleash your team's full potential for innovation, value and impact?

Even in the most inspired organizations, leaders struggle to gain the team alignment and engagement needed to respond to the enormous challenges facing them today -- demands for innovation, cost-effectiveness, productivity, and extraordinary customer experiences, often while serving ambitious values and higher social aims.

Yet team members are often frustrated by policies and practices that undermine the organization's effectiveness -- eroding the integrity of the organization's strategy and values and diluting its ability to innovate and execute effectively.

In this 2-day intensive working session, you will learn how leading for organizational integrity actually unlocks momentum and the creative energy needed for innovation, execution, value, and impact.

What You Will Take Away

  • Understanding of the power of continually increasing organizational integrity
  • Individual and team guidelines for sorting healthy & unhealthy compromise
  • Knowledge of the role of constructive conflict, listening, and candid conversations in increasing organizational intelligence
  • Five positive plays you can take in any situation
  • Understanding of the unique responsibilities of leaders and followers in increasing team effectiveness and integrity
  • A plan to operationalize team practices for high-integrity decision-making as a source of innovation, execution, value and impact

Who Will Benefit

  • Leaders who must manage "upward" and "downward"
  • Professional-level individual contributors
  • Entrepreneurs guiding values-based businesses
  • Teams attending as a group

Registration is $2400 per person and includes  one copy of The Compromise Trap for each participant. Team and group discounts available.

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