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A Guide to Building Trust in Teams and Organizations - by Ron McFarland. McFarland's wide-ranging piece outlines various meanings of the term "trust," organizational factors that can influence it, and organizational dynamics that it, in turn, affects. The piece also includes descriptions of ways trust can operate at several interlocking "levels": personal, relational, organizational, and market.
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Want to Be a Great Leader? Assume Positive Intent - by Jim Whitehurst. The Red Hat CEO explains a key lesson he's learned from watching open source commnities work together: Assume positive intent. In this article, he explains how that lesson impacts the way he views leadership and organizational culture.
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Why Is It So Hard to Listen - by Happy Melly. Takeaway: "Not only is listening a key factor in being an effective communicator and a strong leader, it’s also one of the basic necessities when it comes to enhancing our emotional intelligence and living in the moment — which ultimately contributes to our overall happiness at work and in life." Includes listening challenges to help you improve.
- Power Up Your Team with Nonviolent Communication Principles - by First Round. An enlightened interview with executive coaches Ann Mehl and Jerry Colonna, who teach major tech companies about nonviolent communication principles through emphasizing awareness, responsibility and empathy.
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Energizing Retrospective – Energize Your Team Retrospective With This Easy Exercise - by Sam Laing. Suggests a combination of short positivity-generating and task breakdown exercises to motivate teams to take action.
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Failure: Why It Happens & How to Benefit from It (video) - by VM (Vicky) Brasseur. Takeaway: The most common causes for failure; suggestions for how to avoid failing; and how to use failure to your advantage. "[E]mbracing failure can be one of the best things you do for your project. Failure is a vital part of evolution. By learning to love failure we learn how to take the next step forward. Ignoring or punishing failure leads to stagnation and wasted potential."