Achievers typically work quietly without calling attention to their accomplishments, but they are easy to recognize once you know to look for the following attributes: These behaviors are highly prized by most employers. Such is not the case, however, in situations where taking the initiative violates cultural norms. Stories of achievers, who have suffered from […]

Working with others who see the goals and objectives differently than you can be stressful and anxiety producing. Toiling under such adversarial conditions is likely to develop an atmosphere of negativity and mistrust that drive people apart creating fertile ground for rejection. This is where knowledge pooling creates an understanding that pulls people together. It […]

Most of us dread having to cope with an incompetent coworker. Typically, such people are unaware of the negative impact, they’re having on those around them. They may not be willfully stupid, nor do they screw up intentionally, but they continue to make costly mistakes and blunders as if they didn’t know or didn’t care. […]

Most of us dread having to cope with an incompetent coworker. Typically, such people are unaware of the negative impact, they’re having on those around them. They may not be willfully stupid, nor do they screw up intentionally, but they continue to make costly mistakes and blunders as if they didn’t know or didn’t care. […]

Most of us dread having to cope with an incompetent coworker. Typically, such people are unaware of the negative impact, they’re having on those around them. They may not be willfully stupid, nor do they screw up intentionally, but they continue to make costly mistakes and blunders as if they didn’t know or didn’t care. […]

Most of us dread having to cope with an incompetent coworker. Typically, such people are unaware of the negative impact, they’re having on those around them. They may not be willfully stupid, nor do they screw up intentionally, but they continue to make costly mistakes and blunders as if they didn’t know or didn’t care. […]

Most of us dread having to cope with an incompetent coworker. Typically, such people are unaware of the negative impact, they’re having on those around them. They may not be willfully stupid, nor do they screw up intentionally, but they continue to make costly mistakes and blunders as if they didn’t know or didn’t care. […]

The risk of rejection may be high but being honest promotes learning and builds trust. Here is a simple way to demonstrate the benefits of bringing people together to create a knowledge pool. Using a marking pen place a large X on one side of a plain paper cup and place it in the center […]

Anytime an argument starts over who’s right or who’s wrong, it should serve as a warning that something is missing, and that rejection is the next likely step. It should also trigger the same question in everyone’s mind: How might what I don’t know impact what I do? Mutual exploration is critical whenever people don’t […]

Forming individuals into a collaborative body is a challenge fraught with the potential for rejection. Overcoming this challenge requires the application of a new ideology — a set of factors upon which participants can get to know and trust one another by working together on the same tasks at the same time for the same […]