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The following links to previous issues of the LEARNING CENTER TEAM
TIPS eNewsletter are in reverse chronological order.
DECEMBER 2015
Communication? Or, Communication to
Closure?
Communication often results in execution shortfalls or even
complete failure. Learn how "closure" can turn every
communication into successful outcome.
JUNE
2015
The "Marriage
Dichotomy"
One of the dichotomys from Learning Center's Turning Points, A Course of Action.
FEBRUARY 2015
Next Steps in The Search for an
Audience
Creating a business culture with value-based
behaviors.
NOVEMBER 2014
The Search for an Audience
Enhancing
the desire to communicate with skills that create innovation and a deliberate
culture.
JULY
2014
Adaptability
The value of a neutral perspective to bridge
polarized positions.
MAY 2014
Trust Betrayal in Business
How to
recognize betrayal in business, evaluate yours and others' fault in it, and how
Closure Points can make clear communication to prevent betrayal in the
future.
JANUARY 2014
A Circle Has No End...
Leadership,
risk and "no-win" outcomes. Creating solutions, when the problem seems to
continue.
NOVEMBER 2013
Closure Communication Skills
A
foundational skill taught by Learning Center, see how "closure" can enable less
conflict, less stress, new creativity, more production and greater peace of
mind.
JULY 2013
Trust, Security and Privacy
Many
governments see themselves today as guardians against "terrorism," protectors
of the public against what has been defined as violence targeting "civilians."
Well-meaning government representatives may hold at least two motivations,
possibly conflicting...
APRIL
2013
The
Doldrums
In creating business stability, we've found ways through crisis
into more predictability relative to the markets. From all of the experimenting
and innovation in our crisis days we've learned much of what works for success.
Now, with the monotony of everyday tasks, and crisis in the past, how do we
replace the tendency toward boredom?
JANUARY 2013
Intractable Them vs. Us
Identifying
one or more limiting beliefs causing over-investment in being right, at the
expense of being effective.
OCTOBER 2012
Trust and the National
Election
Making choices is a primary accountability for leaders. Trust
is a part of this formula.
JULY 2012
Them vs. Us: Actionable Causes
Getting to the roots of Them vs. Us—and how to solve
it!
APRIL
2012
Gun Powder
Trails
A recovering stroll down memory-lane: hot stoves and whole
kitchens...
JANUARY 2012
The Trust Model
The Trust Model, a
process of creating your customized set of guidelines addressing specific areas
critical to building a culture of trust, innovation and speedy
resolution...
OCTOBER 2011
HOW DOES THEM VS. US START?
Clashing
agendas are sources of maximum opportunity. See how...
JULY 2011
BUILDING TRUST QUICKLY
Five
principles of building trust quickly and authentically.
APRIL
2011
Sound Risk and
Innovation
How to make sure you're not punishing sound risk; and keeping
the lines of communication open within an environment of
trust.
JANUARY 2011
Thinking Like An Owner
Successful
owners are often sound risk takers and serial innovators. If you'd like more of
that thinking in your organization, there is plenty you can
do...
OCTOBER 2010
Adaptation
How to keep innovation
alive...
JULY 2010
Building Self-Regulatory Leadership Under
Management
Enabling initiative to go from the select few to a broadly
held activity, where creativity itself is the emancipated
consequence
APRIL
2010
Worry
The anatomy of Worry. What happens when you ignore
it's voice. To remedy Worry...
JANUARY 2010
Good Gardeners are Relentless
How to
develop your business culture using the pro-active Trust
Model.
OCTOBER 2009
Risk Aversion III.
How to prevent a random culture of fear from developing, to enable a positive culture of trust to thrive.
JULY 2009
Risk Aversion II.
Are you punishing
sound risk with an atmosphere of fear? How to recover from this and restore
innovation and creativity.
APRIL
2009
Recovery for
Perceived Betrayal
The main principles of earned trust, perceived
betrayal, and, I trust—eventual recovery.
JANUARY 2009
A National Crisis of Trust
The
"Trust Crisis" takes several forms. What we can learn by observing
President-elect Obama's handling of this national "turning
point."
OCTOBER 2008
Trust and the National
Election
Making choices is a primary accountability for leaders. We all
have some choices coming up November 4. For most of us, trust will be part of
the formula for making our choices, in the election and in our leadership
roles...
JULY 2008
The Marriage Dichotomy
Dichotomies
covered in Turning Points: A Course of Action.
APRIL
2008
Them vs. Us
Dynamics
How the dynamic starts, and why.
JANUARY 2008
Turning Points: A Course of
Action
Recognizing your "never again" decisions can have
counter-effective residue.
OCTOBER 2007
Authentic Commitment
Making sure
commitments are authentic, not pretended, as the communication of an
inauthentic commitment can sound just like an authentic
one.
JULY 2007
Commitment
Explicit, authentic
commitment is the only pathway to transparent accountability, agility, and
excellence in all phases of execution.
MAY 2007
Choices
Making choices and achieving
mutual accountability come after the Supportive Accountability
Communication Method.
MARCH
2007
Addressing
Mistakes/Poor Performance
The System of Supportive
Accountability.
JANUARY 2007
A Common Problem...(Part 4)
The
solution continues in a "them vs us" case study.
NOVEMBER 2006
A Common Problem...(Part 3)
The
solution surfaces in a "them vs us" case study.
SEPTEMBER 2006
A Common Problem...(Part 2b)
The
resolution of analyzing "them vs us" in a case study.
JULY 2006
A Common Problem...(Part 2)
Analyzing "them vs us" in a case study.
MAY 2006
A Common Problem...
Analyzing "them
vs us" in a case study.
APRIL
2006
The Learning
Center Method
At the core of the success of our clients is the
widespread adoption of two practices and one technique, which we will begin to
outline below and term "the Learning Center method"...
FEBRUARY 2006
Email Communication
In response to
the many questions we have received regarding email
communications.
JANUARY 2006
Getting Started With Closure
The
reward of making "closure" a habit at your company.
DECEMBER 2005
Getting Results
How to position a
project so that team engagement and success are most likely to
result.
NOVEMBER 2005
Closure Communication
Why
communication is critical to execution.
OCTOBER 2005
Converting Us -vs- Them Into Positive
Action: Approach #2
The second of two general approaches to converting
Us -vs- Them to productive execution.
SEPTEMBER 2005
Converting Us -vs- Them Into Positive
Action
The first of two general approaches to converting Us -vs- Them to
productive execution.
AUGUST 2005
Us -vs- Them (Part 8)
The final
installment in our discussion of costs and consequences of Us vs.
Them.
JULY 2005
Us -vs- Them (Part 7)
Dealing with
the fear of losing involving sound risk-taking; and
obtaining buy-in for vision.
JUNE 2005
Us -vs- Them (Part 6)
Differences
between an Engaged Culture and an Us versus Them
Culture.
MAY 2005
Us -vs- Them (Part 5)
Consequences
of Us versus Them.
APRIL
2005
Us -vs- Them
(Part 4)
Why Us Versus Them Occurs In Every
Organization.
MARCH
2005
Us -vs- Them
(Part 3)
How the "toxic buzz" develops in a team.
FEBRUARY 2005
Us -vs- Them (Part 2)
The simple
anatomy of Us versus Them.
JANUARY 2005
Us -vs- Them
This occurs in
virtually any growing organization but is nevertheless unnecessary and very
costly.
DECEMBER 2004
Conflict Is Inevitable - Part
2
Three issues that aggravate conflict; and the advantage of the
'engaged' team.
NOVEMBER 2004
Conflict Is Inevitable
Conflict will
happen in any organization, and how to deal with it.
OCTOBER 2004
The Engaged Organization
Contrasts
between the Heirarchical and Engaged Organizatons.
SEPTEMBER 2004
Execution Equals Success
How
exection—the ability to get things done—is the essential
ingredient for business success.
AUGUST 2004
Friction in Workplace Interactions
Why
friction takes place in the execution of business tasks.
JULY 2004
Conflict
Conflict is inevitable. How to
deal with muck.
JUNE 2004
How To Make Closure Happen
Seven Steps to
Closure: A systematic approach to overcoming obstacles to closure and to
gaining true commitment.
MAY 2004
How Contributing Input Changes
Things
Real-life example of how a book title changes during the process of
writing it.
APRIL
2004
The High Cost of
False Commitments—Part II.
Credibility is dependent on good closure and
true commitment. Here are the ground rules to achieve this.
MARCH
2004
The High Cost of
False Commitments
The downward spiral of excuses is
examined.
FEBRUARY 2004
What It Takes To Get Things Done—Part
II.
Commitment demonstrates the credibility of promises. How false
commitment caused failure to deliver on time.
JANUARY 2004
What It Takes To Get Things Done
Commitment
demonstrates the credibility of promises. What is a "true" commitment; and what
is a "false" commitment?
DECEMBER 2003
The Business Case For The Leadership
Organization
Speed, efficiency, agility, meaning: these advantages are
derived from attitude, not systems. The emotional life of the team is the
underlying factor determining the outcome. Tips on these key
points.
NOVEMBER 2003
The Vanishing Pyramid
How the Leadership
Organization will outperform the Command Hierarchy.
OCTOBER 2003
Reaching Closure in Difficult
Circumstances
How the Seven-Step Method for Closure Really
Works.
SEPTEMBER 2003
Them vs. Us and Self-Discovery
How
non-closure effects "them vs. us."
AUGUST 2003
From Conflict To Them vs. Us
What it is,
and why it's there.
JULY 2003
Understanding Conflict
Converting conflict
into opportunity for productivity.
JUNE 2003
To Work Together, Departments Need
Trust
Improving the functionality of interdepartment interdependencies. This
Team Tip was also printed in the April 4, 2003, issue of the Silicon Valley
Business Journal.
APRIL
2003
Timing the Steps
of Closure
The critical factor of "timing" in the order of the steps to
closure.
MARCH
2003
Intent in
Communication
The communication itself. What is your intention? What is the
intent of others?
FEBRUARY 2003
Constructive Communication
What makes
communication constructive? With whom are you communicating? How will you
initiate the communication?
JANUARY
2003
Facing
Fear
The two main varieties of fear.
DECEMBER 2002
Earned Trust's ROI
Earned trust is the
least expensive and most productive investment a leadership team can make.
Three obstacles to this opportunity.
NOVEMBER 2002
Slippage Containment
The two kinds of
slippage: How to turn a soft commitment into a firm
commitment.
OCTOBER 2002
From Muck To Trust
Your business cannot be
accountable to its customers when key people are uncomfortable in their working
relationships. How to clarify the muck, then get it
resolved.
SEPTEMBER 2002
How To Avoid False Commitments III.
Leaving
things open, without closure, usually means they do not get done. How to close
your communication vulnerabilities when interdependencies are
critical.
AUGUST 2002
How To Avoid False Commitments II.
Them vs.
us dynamics can be incredibly frustrating and create an enormous expense for a
company. The very people involved in the struggle have access to the solutions.
What are they?
JULY 2002
How To Avoid False Commitments I.
"Them vs.
Us" dynamics occur only when people care about the outcome of their work. How
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