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Team Dynamics

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Regardless of whether you are a corporate executive or a stay at home mom, at some point you will find yourself working within a team. It could be part of your daily work life or a singular project at your children’s school. There are certain team dynamics that you can incorporate to help your group be more successful.

In the book Smarter Faster Better, Charles Duhigg discusses the attributes that drive team success. According to Duhigg, it’s not about having the smartest people or hardest workers, it’s the ability to provide an environment where everyone is encouraged to speak. Social sensitivity is very important as it helps to create the safety for team members to open up and share their thoughts.…

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Posted by Joel Brookman in get more done, managing people, productivity, tune in to people.

#397 Evaluate Employees

90SecondNavigator-AlbumArt Consider hiring a 3rd party to evaluate employees.…

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Posted by Joel Brookman in Management, managing people, Podcasts, success.

Manage Your Relationships

Every important relationship requires work. Your ability to manage your relationships is critical to your success and happiness.

1. Manage your relationship with your significant other. Consider finding a few hours a week one-on-one, no kids, no friends, just the two of you. Take the time to really listen and focus on each other. Make sure you communicate effectively. If something is bothering you and you don’t discuss it, it will fester into resentment. Communicate often and get things out before they have a chance to build into something bigger.

2. Manage your relationships with your customers. Don’t assume that just because someone is currently doing business that it will continue indefinitely.…

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Posted by Joel Brookman in managing people, relationship building, relationships.

#343 Are You the Offender

90SecondNavigator-AlbumArt How do you treat the people around you at work? Are you the offender to certain people? Make sure you treat everyone with respect.…

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Posted by Joel Brookman in eliminate negativity, kindness, managing people, Podcasts, Respect People.

#88 Rituals for Those Around You

We’ve discussed creating rituals for yourself. What about rituals for those around you?…

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Posted by Joel Brookman in Create habits, Habits create success, managing people, Podcasts, productivity, Uncategorized.

#77 Positive Attention

90SecondNavigator-AlbumArt Positive attention is all about complimenting people on things you know they take pride in.…

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Posted by Joel Brookman in influence people, Make people like you, managing people, Podcasts, positive reinforcement.

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