by Trish Springsteen | Jul 25, 2011 | Business, Communication, Personal Development, Women in Business
Last time, we looked at the types of relationships that we develop within a working community, and how our communication and expectations of that communication change.The working environment is built on relationships of varying degrees of intimacy, and a variety of...
by Trish Springsteen | May 15, 2008 | Business, Communication
If you have recognised a tendency in your team to put group harmony above critical decision making, what steps can you take to prevent this turning into the dread disease of “groupthink’?There needs to be a change in process and a more robust attitude to differing...
by Trish Springsteen | May 13, 2008 | Business, Communication, Leadership
A team that prides itself on its ability to get along and on its lack of conflict can be in danger of falling into a “groupthink” mindset. This means that critical thought is discouraged, and members of the team can censor themselves by not bringing forward differing...
by Trish Springsteen | May 11, 2008 | Business, Communication, Leadership
It would be great to think that after we have carefully chosen our group, put in the work to meld them into a team it would be all plain sailing from then on.But we all realise that simply isn’t going to be true. No matter how well prepared we are some things are...