a selection of my clients – current and past Working with Tammy Tansley has influenced and help shape a competent and highly functioning leadership team.
Leadership and workplace culture Are you looking to take the next step in your leadership approach and career, or boost the performance of your teams?
Understanding the composition and chemistry of your team and why people react the way that they do, is a first great step to understanding team dynamics, and why some people do, in the context of a specific team, give their team member(s) the hooby doobies.
It’s about raising awareness – which in turn allows people to see their team mate’s attributes that are different to their own as something that is potentially positive, rather than just irritating. That can, in and of itself reduce conflict that teams experience.
Beyond those definitions though, I think the most helpful way to articulate values is in a hierarchy. In what order do the values fall? Let’s say an employee has to make a decision to either provide great customer service or save the company money at all costs. These values can (and usually are) in conflict. So which one does the employee choose?
That by showing genuine empathy, you usually make life easier for yourself. You can get to the nub of the issue quicker. You can generally reduce unnecessary conflict. Solutions that may not have been immediately apparent become more obvious.
Picking up the phone works if the relationship matters, or if it might matter in the future. Or where your reputation as a supplier or employer matters.
No one really wants to see either end of the spectrum of office romance .. That is, the loved up version or the sighing deeply and slamming door version. Keep your social life and your romantic life outside work. This includes when you are out of work but still at work functions.
And the good news, is that it doesn’t need to be about siting cross legged and humming “ommm”. Both meditation and mindfulness are now packaged in many different ways. Without doubt, there will be a style and approach that suits you and your lifestyle.
Often when we think of changing something significant, we think in terms of big bold goals (remember that saying – big, hairy, audacious goal?).. However
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