1. Keeping the Mission Real
(Programs/General)

A Half-day Workshop for Social Entrepreneurs and Values-based Leaders Are you faced with daily or weekly compromise situations that put your mission to the test? How do you know which ones to accept, ...

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

... its dedication to an inspiring mission or values, or its efforts to sustain the distinctive practices that make it unique. Yet these organizational commitments naturally tend to “drift” as key players ...

3. The Cure for Cross-functional Gridlock
(Blog/Conflict & Collaboration)

... resource to keep things on track. The stakes are too high – if the cross-functional deliverables are mission-critical or you and your team are being closely evaluated, you probably cannot wait for a ...

4. Product List
(Resources/eStore)

... CA For international purchases, please go to Berrett-Koehler. $17.95 Quantity: Upcoming Workshops & Events Keeping the Mission Real: Balancing courage ...

5. Preparing for Courage: The MBA Oath
(Blog/Healthy & Unhealthy Compromise)

... pressure, it was often because they had a clear sense of purpose and mission, a reason for courage that put the risks of standing up in the larger context of what they really cared about, who they truly ...

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

... surrounding us, which may or may not reflect our priorities or highest potential. For those engaged in a mission or professional “quest”, the need is even greater because visions are always invisible in ...

7. Do You Really Want to Know?
(Blog/Getting the Real Story)

Last month, the New York Times featured an article about how critical players in the development of early cellphones recognized the driving hazards – but were so fascinated with their mission that they ...

8. WorkLore Returns Policy
(Resources/eStore)

... questions, please contact us at info@worklore.com. Thank you for shopping WorkLore for resources and products related to making your mission real. The WorkLore Team  ...

9. Thank you for your purchase
(Resources/eStore)

... your mission real. The WorkLore Team  ...

10. Your order has been canceled
(Resources/eStore)

... quickly to fix the issue. Thank you for shopping WorkLore for resources and products related to making your mission real. The WorkLore Team  ...

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

  Find podcasts and video clips related to The Compromise Trap or other aspects of making your mission real. The Compromise Trap Elizabeth_Doty_edit02_150Kbps Elizabeth Doty On The Compromise Trap ...

12. Decision-point Tools
(Resources/Decision-point Tools)

Practical how-tos and simple frameworks to help you bring your mission into day to day action. Click on the icon to the left of each item to open a .pdf file with the tool and ...

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

Thoughts on getting the real story, compromise, constructive conflict, and making the mission real. Tips from The Compromise Trap Featured in Investor's Business Daily Steve Watkins' ...

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

... Your Professional Guidelines Clarify the commitments implied by your mission, values and priorities, and bring those into day-to-day decisions in a practical way. Problem-solving Story ...

15. The Compromise Trap Online Resources
(Books/The Compromise Trap)

... tap the power of peer-reinforcement and problem-solving to help you sustain your professional mission or quest while earning a living. (Coming soon - see our hosted groups if you'd like a preview.) More ...

16. About Worklore
(Uncategorised Content)

WorkLore is dedicated to helping leaders and teams make their missions real, increasing the engagement, integrity and alignment that make their work bigger than a game. We serve as allies and thought ...

17. Ready for action?
(Uncategorised Content)

The resources here are design to help you go further with making your mission real, and applying the ideas in The Compromise Trap. Visit our eStore to order The Compromise Trap or browse upcoming ...

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

... and committed to your organization. Keeping the Mission Real: Balancing Courage and Compromise in Values-based Ventures Half-day interactive session to help social entrepreneurs and ...

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

... you truly want to be living professionally, through practice-oriented telephone sessions and online discussions to help you sort out healthy and unhealthy compromise, clarify your professional mission ...

20. Conversations with license to talk
(Uncategorised Content)

... commitment. This session helps teams identify the hidden “costs of compromise” that may be unintentionally undermining their operation, and the highest impact changes to make the mission real enough to ...