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The Compromise Trap

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

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Who's Your Secret Tribe?
GettyImages_LS008111b“You know, something big shifted for me after that session last month,” said a friend over dinner. She is a manager who has recently gone through four rounds of layoffs and is struggling with the increased workload, conflict on her team and a boss uninterested in the day-to-day challenges. “Things are still tough, but I have a bigger perspective, so I can see and use the freedoms I do have. I’ve altered my approach, which is leading to better interactions with my boss and less pressure to take home. And it all really stemmed from that two-hour session!”

What did we do for two hours that made such a difference?
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Trying harder is not the issue.

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When you take the time to understand reality on the ground, discover what your organization already knows and see where you may be undermining your strategies unintentionally, you gain far greater traction than if you simply pushed ahead.

WorkLore offers consulting services to help you achieve the engagement, integrity and alignment that are the real drivers of innovation and execution.  Please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to learn more.

Team Alignment

A team with high engagement, integrity and alignment operates in a completely different league than those that limp along with fragmented commitments. WorkLore partner with leaders and their teams to form the solid agreements, shared aims, and genuine respect that enable coordinated momentum – whether you are a new team or an existing team changing direction.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

WorkLore helps you dissolve historical limits to collaboration and unleash collective competence, even across organizational boundaries -- by uncovering ways to better coordinate work, reduce unnecessary effort, and use constructive conflict to reach better solutions.

Hidden Costs of Compromise

WorkLore can partner with your team to conduct an “opportunity scan” to identify where compromise may be undermining customer loyalty, employee engagement, long-term shareholder value, or the core of your values-based business. We can then help you craft practical decision-guidelines 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 for learning in most organizations. We can help you grow learning communities that actively partner with the business, helping them craft strategic learning agendas  and build the formal and informal processes that keep them engaged, focused, and creative.