by karen | blog, Leadership, performance improvement, teams |
How can a healthy woods or forest help us understand high-functioning teams and the great resignation? A healthy forest has a diverse species of trees, bushes, and ground cover growing with some friendly competition to keep all healthy. It is sustainable and...
by karen | blog, Momentum, performance improvement, teams |
What is the sound ot team alignment? This fascinates me. One of the thrills of my work is to hear the shift from discord to alignment. An aligned team hums with a varied pitch, much like the steady easy sound of a stream. When resistance comes up it is more easily...
by karen | blog, communication, conflict, Leadership, performance improvement, teams |
Teams are like a woods. A healthy woods (team) has a variety of species who grow in their strength; the environment encourages their growth and contribution. Even in the winter, as I clear the entanglement of honeysuckle from my woods, I see such parallels to the...
by karen | blog, intention, Spiral Impact, teams |
What is the difference between a ‘crank’, a ‘start’ and a ‘zoom’? Answer: One is a singular task the other two are collaborative intents. Why is this important? As an automotive engineer, my first career, I designed cranking motors, known to most people as...
by karen | blog, conflict, teams, Uncategorized |
I just expected entertainment. What I got was a great story about business acumen, conflict resolution and team building from the baseball movie, Moneyball. So often in decision-making, emotions and history cloud the facts hiding the real problem. Brad Pitt plays...
by karen | blog, conflict, teams |
Spiral Impact Q & A Question: What to do about Office Gossip? Answer: Karen shares how to Spiral Impact this challenge with simple and practical suggestions for individuals and teams/organizations. Join the conversation! [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/25141776[/vimeo]...