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Three Strategies to Effectively Manage Conflict

I never fully understood how much of an influence my upbringing had on my adult life. I see my mom as my mentor. She has this assertiveness that I have always admired, and she wasn’t the type to keep her opinions to herself. Especially when it came to me, she was clear about her expectations […]

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Three Ways to Improve Workplace Collaboration

Have you ever been part of a team that clicked? Such teams share an unspoken connection, as if members can read each other’s minds. If you’ve had the privilege of being part of such a team, consider yourself lucky. Why are these types of connections so difficult and rare? What sets these teams apart? Years […]

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DRiV Workshop Builds Trust, Improves Collaboration

“We have used different HR assessments and tools in the past with our Central Division Leadership Team; we were looking for something different and unique,”

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DRiV Workshop Strengthens HR Team

“After the DRiV workshop with our HR team, I came away with a deeper understanding of what drives and drains everyone,” says Chuck Watts, Human Resources Director with Commercial Metals Company (CMC) in Irving, Texas.

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Self-Awareness, Mental Health and Career Satisfaction

Mental health involves self-awareness and understanding yourself. What are your needs and wants?

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Creating High-Performing Teams

A few years ago, Google was interested in understanding what could predict an effective team. If they could figure that out, they would improve the likelihood of creating high-performing teams. Using team and manager evaluations, Google identified 180 teams to study, including a mix of previously identified high- and low-performing teams. Factors reviewed included personality […]

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Time to Create a Development Plan!

As you are thinking about setting personal goals for the year, it is a great time to consider your career and development goals as well. It is easy to get into our routine and focus on the here and now, forgetting that we need to “own” our career. Yet, to really “own” our career, we need to be intentional in planning our career by creating and executing a development plan.

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Going Virtual (Part 1): 4 Common Team Roles

By now, your team has likely moved to a completely remote environment. Gone are the days when teams and projects overlapped and bled into each other. You can no longer assume you’ll have the opportunity to discuss the project’s next steps when bumping

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Doing What You Love? Loving What You Do?

Does your job inspire your passion – or merely occupy your attention? Our culture is wired to view work negatively (TGIF!) while paradoxically defining an individual’s success through his or her job. Here’s the mixed message: You are what you do – but don’t expect to like it!

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Gaining 2020 Vision: 4 Keys to Leveraging Self-Awareness

This time of the year, attention shifts to making resolutions, taking personal inventories, or charting paths to greater self-awareness. While such contemplation can be healthy and motivating, it can also lead to paralysis, evidenced by inaction and non-productive navel-gazing. How can you move beyond self-awareness to the hard – yet satisfying and necessary – work of making changes? Here are four keys:

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