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Seeing the Organization Anew

December 28, 2009 by Steven M. Smith Leave a Comment

Workshop Does your organization want help analyzing its intergroup dynamics? Does your team want help diagnosing its own intepersonal dynamics? Do you want help interpreting the state of your relationships with other members of the organization? The typical org chart belies the state of the organization. It shows a hierarchical structure … [Read more...]

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Managing Yourself, Managing Meetings

December 19, 2009 by Steven M. Smith Leave a Comment

Workshop Is your time being wasted in meetings? For example, you join a problem solving meeting attended by the right six people. But the discussion wanders aimlessly and contributes little to the solution. You feel your time was squandered and wish you would have invested your time doing something that would have made a difference for … [Read more...]

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Change: Knowing When, Knowing How

December 19, 2009 by Steven M. Smith Leave a Comment

Workshop Kurt Lewin said, "There is nothing so practical as a good theory." A gift from pioneering family therapist Virginia Satir is a good theory about how people process change. The Satir Change Model describes the: five major stages of a change; transition between stages; effects each stage has on feelings, thinking, performance, and … [Read more...]

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Selling Your Ideas to Management

December 7, 2009 by Steven M. Smith 3 Comments

DAVID: Ruth, I think we should buy the ABC software to track trouble tickets and issues. RUTH: There is no budget for that. DAVID: But it takes me days to put together the information you want about the state of the product. And without an automated collection mechanism, I think many problems aren't being reported. RUTH: Provide the best … [Read more...]

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AYE Conference

December 4, 2009 by Steven M. Smith Leave a Comment

Although I am no longer a host, I recommend the annual Amplifying Your Effectiveness (AYE) Conference.  The focus is around individual, team and organizational effectiveness. Esther Schindler, a reporter for CIO Magazine, participated at the 2006 conference and said the following about it on CIO.com's Information Collective Blog: ...it was a … [Read more...]

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