1. Using Compromise to Diagnose Employee Engagement Issues
(Blog/Teams & Learning Communities)

... join us on July 30 to explore this topic with the Bay Area Society for Organizational Learning (please RSVP). Thank you and I look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please feel free to add a comment ...

2. Who's Your Secret Tribe?
(Blog/Teams & Learning Communities)

... more about the groups and events your allies attend. Is there a professional association they swear by? Someone who hosts great dinner parties or other informal gatherings? Does your coach lead a learning ...

3. Weighing Healthy and Unhealthy Compromise
(Programs/General)

... are learning that learning to proactively recognize and engage critical choicepoints is a source of strategic advantage -- accelerating your organization's ability to execute, innovate and retain customers. ...

4. Stepping on the Gas and the Brake at the Same Time
(Blog/Healthy & Unhealthy Compromise)

... so he and his client contact (a project leader I’ll call George) co-designed a program using the absolute best practices for accelerating learning on the job, based on both of their expertise and years ...

5. Podcasts & Video
(Resources/Podcasts & Video)

...  Interview on Netspeed Learning's Fast Tracks In this 12-minute audio conversation with Dan Kennedy, Elizabeth Doty outlines the difference between healthy and unhealthy compromise, the ...

6. Further Reading & Suggested Links
(Resources/Further Reading & Links)

Resources to help you go further in these topic areas: Getting the Real Story Conflict, Compromise and Collaboration Teams & Learning Communities Organizational Learning and Change Innovation, ...

7. Articles & White Papers
(Resources/Articles & White Papers)

... to knowledge transfer, helping teams identify common “learning frontiers” while simultaneously deepening relationships. (White Paper for NSN's Story in Organizations SIG Aug, 2004) Order  ...

8. Individual and Small-group Activities
(Resources/Activities)

... using stories to generate ideas or to "warm up" a group. (With permission from Kat Koppett of Koppett & Co.) Introduction to Learning Communities A short presentation on learning communities, ...

9. What's New
(Books/The Compromise Trap)

... In this interactive session with the Bay Area Society for Organizational Learning, Elizabeth introduced the business side of The Compromise Trap, and invited participants to try out a new tool called an ...

10. Elizabeth Doty - bio
(Books/The Compromise Trap)

... has presented at Systems Thinking in Action, the Business Ethics Network, and the Bay Area Society for Organizational Learning, and been published in the Pfeiffer HRM Annual and Strategy + Business magazine. ...

11. Story Circles For Teams
(Programs/General)

Three-hour Team Working Sessions All too often team learning consists of trivial “lessons learned” sessions that generate few real insights and rob the organization of the hard-won intelligence gained ...

12. Secrets of Constructive Conflict
(Programs/General)

... or lashing out just when we need to be most diplomatic.  Yet conflict is actually essential to learning, growth and change – as long as it is constructive. Join us for this highly interactive webinar ...

13. The Power of a Positive No
(Programs/General)

... ways.  But how do we say "No" without damaging important relationships or failing to deliver on our responsibilities? Though difficult, leading edge organizations are learning that the right “No” actually ...

14. Sample Projects
(Uncategorised Content)

Here are a few brief descriptions of past and current projects. If you would like to hear more about the problems we helped solve or the approaches we took, please drop us a note. Learning Community ...

15. The WorkLore Team
(Uncategorised Content)

Our consultants strive to model the art of collaboration, integrating a variety of disciplines including systems thinking, team learning, constructive conflict, skillful influence, knowledge-sharing, story, ...

16. Ready for action?
(Uncategorised Content)

... compromise, learning, story, and building learning communities. Podcasts & Video Audio and video files related to The Compromise Trap or other aspects of making your mission real. Further ...

17. Give yourself a license to lead.
(Uncategorised Content)

... for leaders, followers, and intact teams who want to use organizational integrity to unleash their momentum. Story Circles for Teams Three-hour team working sessions for teams and learning communities, ...

18. Trying harder is not the issue.
(Uncategorised Content)

... based on your values and priorities to help your team weigh healthy and unhealthy compromise up front, where it has the most impact. Learning Communities Semi-formal communities are the natural unit ...

19. You get to be you... if you want.
(Uncategorised Content)

... turbulence Making time where there is none Recognizing the process and communication “leaks” Uncovering unintentional compromises that erode employee commitment Using peer-learning methods to ...

20. Conversations with license to talk
(Uncategorised Content)

... and frustration. Story as Organizational Learning All too often the knowledge needed to transform an organization’s competencies is hidden in isolated pockets of innovation, or inaccessible because ...