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Articles
ARTICLE: The New Communicators
Good communication is a key skill in most business situations and is often the difference between a successful endeavor and...
ARTICLE: Outsourcing’s Impact on Knowledge
Outsourcing of work is a significant issue in business today. This trend is enabled by technology improvements, encouraged by a...
ARTICLE: The Critical Role of Policies and Procedures in Business
Written policies and procedures are as much a business necessity as strategic planning, budgeting and creating a marketing plan. Their...
ARTICLE: Cross-Cultural Challenges
In these turbulent times, even a casual reading of the headlines makes it clear that the promotion of understanding across...
ARTICLE: Identifying and Nurturing "True" Teams
Within organizations, as in the rest of life, large tasks can be accomplished only by the coordinated efforts of many...
ARTICLE: Inbox Chaos
E-mail is a relatively new technology, even though it’s ingrained in our everyday existence. Since e-mail’s inception in the early...
ARTICLE: Decision Making in a High-Threat Environment
When an event with potentially dire consequences occurs or seems about to occur, the individuals faced with making the immediate...
Insights
INSIGHT: Finding Time
While facing the challenges of a demanding life, how does one find the time to do anything? Time is not...
INSIGHT: The Risk of the Familiar
Risk is probably one of the most discussed and least understood of modern concepts. Risk is a common topic in...
INSIGHT: Shifting the Win-Lose Paradigm
In our society, it seems like we're conditioned to "win" at whatever we do. For some endeavors, such as professional...
INSIGHT: Laughing Matters
One of the most fascinating aspects of human interaction is laughter. Laughter is a universal but incredibly complex human behavior....
INSIGHT: Power of Positive Feedback
In the Stratos Team Development process we have developed a technique for surfacing hidden issues within a team. That technique...
INSIGHT: Desire for Simple Answers
A common thread in much of our work, whether it is an organizational assessment, root cause analysis, team development or...
INSIGHT: Impact of Language
I am continuously surprised by the tendency we have to underestimate the impact of language on interpersonal and organizational activities....