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The Zero-Sum Rule of High-Performing Teams
The Zero-Sum Rule of High-Performing Teams
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Letting Your Language Take the Temperature Up and Down in a Room
Letting Your Language Take the Temperature Up and Down in a Room
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Gradually and Then Suddenly
Gradually and Then Suddenly
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Persuasion and Skin in the Game
The collective experience suggests that far too often hypocrisy, hidden motives, and self-serving interests shape much of what is promoted and sold in the world. People seldom believe in what they “sell” or promote. When personal benefits depend on successful promotion, belief can become secondary to results. Incentives and social pressure work to pull belief
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Colleagues Who Agree and Then Run a Different Play
Some colleagues agree in bad faith. They concur, go along, consent, or agree with a proposed course of action and then do their own thing. Their initial agreement avoids any conflict and buys them some time. But soon thereafter, they renege on their commitment and follow an entirely different path. They do what they believe
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What Every Leader Must Commit to Memory About Groups
What Every Leader Must Commit to Memory About Groups
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When High Performance Suffocates a Career
The Peter Principle aside, leaders and team members don’t advance in organizations unless they are highly competent and produce quality work. Everyone knows that organizations reward the highest performers with more responsibility and more positional authority. This is especially true early in a career when competence and expertise clearly differentiate who can be counted upon…
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Why Do People Insist on Holding Far Too Many Team Meetings?
Why Do People Insist on Holding Far Too Many Team Meetings?
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Positive and Negative Frames for Justifying a Major Change
Positive and Negative Frames for Justifying a Major Change
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To Awaken Your Team’s Ambition, Consider Adding a Zero
To Awaken Your Team’s Ambition, Consider Adding a Zero