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What a Great Place

“Our culture?” Miguel stopped. “Well, there is the official story, and then there is the truth.” I smiled. “Well, we all know the story is better than the truth.”…

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What Could Go Wrong?

Lonnie was working hard to change the way his team responded to problems on the manufacturing floor. “I keep telling them that we need to be proactive,” he said. Lonnie wasn’t def…

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Focus

You will never ever get what you want!!! You will only get what you focus on. At first I am disappointed, because I really want what I want. It makes me feel bad to understand that I will never get…

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Translator Role

The planning session was almost over. The team energy was pumped up. Well, all except for Audrey. Her expression was only remarkable in contrast to the upbeat tempo of the rest of the team. “…

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How Did You Feel?

“So, there will be a little knot in each team member’s stomach,” I said. “They will remember the discussion at the team meeting last week that was none too friendly, so you …

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The Big Derailer

“Tell me what you accomplished so far with the pattern we talked about?” I asked. “We met, everybody, same room. I acknowledged the heated exchange between Fred and Jim from the w…

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What Would Happen?

“But, Sue, Tony and Ricardo were just bystanders in the exchange between Fred and Jim,” Ron was puzzled. “Shouldn’t I keep them as bystanders and just deal with the two prim…

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Mind the Gap (Analysis)

The meeting took a sudden turn for the worse when Emil stood up, walked over in front of Sharon and slammed down the report. Up to then, things had been ambling along with the usual finger pointing…

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A Little Knot in the Stomach

“In the heat of the moment,” I started, “you may not have had the words or the stomach for it, so you adjourned the meeting. But, this team will have to gather again. When?̶…

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What Question Should We Have Asked?

Trevor was puzzled. On Monday, his new programmer, Dennis, arrived at work. Trevor waited for HR to fill this position for three long weeks. The backlog in programming the CNC machine was building …