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	<title>Resolving Conflict in Teams &#187; Leadership</title>
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		<title>Enabling Process Improvement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Harris</dc:creator>
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For the past several months, I have been working with my friend and colleague Kevin Eikenberry on a number of projects. As part of my responsibility in working with Kevin, I serve as a coach on the monthly group coaching call for Silver Members of Kevin&#8217;s Remarkable Leadership Learning System.
While this post doesn&#8217;t specifically address [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easy Isn&#8217;t Necessarily Best</title>
		<link>http://principledriven.com/blog/communication-skills/easy-isnt-necessarily-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Harris</dc:creator>
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Yesterday, I stopped at a fast-food restaurant to grab a sandwich. When I pulled into the parking lot, I noticed six or seven cars in the drive through line and no one standing in line inside the building. So, I parked my car, walked inside, purchased my sandwich, and returned to my car in about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Lulling You To Sleep</title>
		<link>http://principledriven.com/blog/leadership/whats-lulling-you-to-sleep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Harris</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
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Great insights by my friend and colleague, Kevin Eikenberry. Once again, the video says it all.
So, what&#8217;s lulling you to sleep? What seems comfortable right now, but could really improve your performance if you changed it?

I have moved my blog to RecoveringEngineer.com. Here are excerpts from my two most recent posts. Please join me at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Our Cats Taught Me About Working With People</title>
		<link>http://principledriven.com/blog/leadership/what-our-cats-taught-me-about-working-with-people/</link>
		<comments>http://principledriven.com/blog/leadership/what-our-cats-taught-me-about-working-with-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Harris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Team Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building relationships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Redirected to http://businessrelationshiprx.com/2009/06/what-our-cats-taught-me-about-working-with-people/.

I have moved my blog to RecoveringEngineer.com. Here are excerpts from my two most recent posts. Please join me at my new blog.
Subscribe to RSS headline updates from: Powered by FeedBurner 
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		<title>Three Common Causes for Tension between Employees and the Environment</title>
		<link>http://principledriven.com/blog/leadership/three-common-causes-for-tension-between-employees-and-the-environment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 13:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When people are physically uncomfortable, they generally have difficulty focusing on the work at hand, and they tend to become emotionally sensitive and irritable. Both of these conditions contribute to reduced productivity and higher levels of workplace conflict.
Here are three of the most common issues I see as I work with my clients:
1. Space Constraints
This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Great Lesson from My Awesome Wife</title>
		<link>http://principledriven.com/blog/communication-skills/a-great-lesson-from-my-awesome-wife/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 16:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Harris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication Skills]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Personal responsibility]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife, Sandra, is awesome. We don&#8217;t always see eye-to-eye. We sometimes get frustrated with each other. Still, she is awesome,and she fully embraces an &#8220;I&#8217;m responsible&#8221; approach to life.
On May 27, we will celebrate our twentieth wedding anniversary. She intrigued me when we first met. She continues to intrigue and educate me after knowing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Focus on Performance Issues</title>
		<link>http://principledriven.com/blog/communication-skills/focus-on-performance-issues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Harris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication Skills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[     Many of the leaders that I work with express frustration with "attitudes" as they work to resolve workplace conflicts.

     Recently, a participant in a training class I was leading shared a story about a standing conflict between two people on her team. As she described the problem, she made frequent reference to the rudeness and aggressiveness of one of the parties.

More...]]></description>
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		<title>Four Things Leaders Can Do To Reduce Team Conflicts</title>
		<link>http://principledriven.com/blog/leadership/four-things-leaders-can-do-to-reduce-team-conflicts/</link>
		<comments>http://principledriven.com/blog/leadership/four-things-leaders-can-do-to-reduce-team-conflicts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Studies of workplace behaviors reveal some startling statistics with regard to the impact that conflict has on business performance. One study indicates that two out of three employee performance problems can be traced to unresolved interpersonal conflicts. Another study estimates that the average manager spends something like forty percent of their time addressing workplace conflicts.Here are four specific things that leaders can do to reduce team conflicts...]]></description>
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		<title>Noticing Others To Be True To Ourselves</title>
		<link>http://principledriven.com/blog/conflict-resolution-concepts/noticing-others-to-be-true-to-ourselves/</link>
		<comments>http://principledriven.com/blog/conflict-resolution-concepts/noticing-others-to-be-true-to-ourselves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Harris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conflict Resolution]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mindset]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perception]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[avoiding conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://principledriven.com/blog/2008/09/03/noticing-others-to-be-true-to-ourselves/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[     According to research cited by Daniel Goleman in a video recorded at a TED conference last year, humans have a natural bent towards compassion. 
 
     Reflecting on this video, Tammy Lenski over at Conflict Zen says: 
&#8220;We’re wired for compassion — our default setting is to help. But sometimes we turn off that part of ourselves.&#8221;
     [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improving Relationships</title>
		<link>http://principledriven.com/blog/communication-skills/improving-relationships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Harris</dc:creator>
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Check out this excerpt from Kevin Eikenberry&#8217;s Remarkable Learning Blog:
Here are seven steps or actions you can take to mend, improve and even nurture working elationships (or any relationship for that matter).
The Seven Steps
Decide. The first step is you must decide that you want to improve the relationship. The precursor to this step is recognition [...]]]></description>
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