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Leadership topic - partner

with customers and teams to produce world-class results. Manage stakeholders, address issues effectively and practices the fine art of negotiation.  Blends people into teams when needed; Can quickly find common ground and solve problems for the good of all; Can negotiate skillfully in tough situations with both internal and external groups; gains trust quickly of other parties to the negotiations; has a good sense of timing.

Roadblock – Competes first versus sharing responsibility, Optimizes for their team/personal goals first. Delegates pieces and parts; treats people as a collection of individuals not a team.

partners with Rhythm

partners with Rhythm

Feb 10, 2021 | , ,

In the same spirit as 1-1 meetings, nothing is more important than Rhythmic conversations with peers and partners. It is complicated, as for most of your career you are “competing” with them, imagining that only one of you will get the step up.  There is truth in that, but also that without good relationships, you will become more and more insulated.  To stay with the musical metaphor, without the band, the lead guitarist is flashy… but rarely would be recognized.  So who are your “bandmates”, and how do you sort out how to partner with them?

partner Efficiency

partner Efficiency

Jan 20, 2021 |

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Healing partners

Healing partners

Jan 13, 2021 | , ,

The first song that came on when I requested The Partridge Family is today’s offering, I’ll Meet You Halfway – perfect for the partner discussion.  So exactly what does that really mean?  When I was researching the song, various negotiation websites returned definitions of “halfway”, most of which made the point that it is rarely half of anything in a transaction.  Actually, “partner” has the same fate – everyone thinks they know what it means, but it is rarely a common definition…