Right now, do you feel like you are wearing an incredibly itchy, 100% wool sweater? And no matter how much you scratch, you become more and more uncomfortable wearing that sweater. Except you cannot take the sweater off. If you feel this way, you are not alone. The continuous disruption of our professional comfort is… [Continue Reading]
3 Strategies to Deal with Continuous Professional Disruption
Professional Intimidation and Us versus Them Mindset
All of us experience professional intimidation during the course of our careers. And, some of us continuously experience this type of workplace intimidation. Why is that? Ultimately, Yesterday’s business models tend to reinforce departmental silos and Us versus Them mindset. Often, these old school business models allow the folks with the most degrees, education and… [Continue Reading]
Got Comfortable Workplace Collaboration Puzzle Pieces?
Are you the right puzzle piece needed to fulfill your organization’s comfortable workplace collaboration strategy? Or does the phrase comfortable workplace collaboration make you uncomfortable? Many organizations of all sizes pay lip service to workplace collaboration. Leaders describe groups of employees working together as “collaborative teams.” Realistically, these teams represent anything but a high-functioning group… [Continue Reading]
Departmental Isolationism and other Collaboration Fallacies
Departmental isolationism fosters a safe place in which legacy mindset hides out. For starters, that type of mindset impedes horizontal, cross-functional collaboration. Talented individuals are segmented and separated from working with each other. Then, lack of shared insights impacts the ability to provide better and better customer experience for clients. Finally, poor communication results in… [Continue Reading]
Why Sales Stupidity is not a Competitive Professional Option
Sales stupidity is not a competitive, professional option. In fact, sales stupidity never was a viable professional or organizational option. Especially within today’s digitally-connected, globally competitive industrial Internet of Things ecosystem. Say that phrase three times in a row, folks, before you’ve had four cups of coffee. For starters, sales stupidity is not confined to the… [Continue Reading]
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