Collaborating Means Communicating

A partnership changes every time counterparts communicate — or fail to do so.

A Challenge for Collaborators: Acceptance

Workplace partnerships succeed only when both people accept each other for exactly who they are.

A Partnership’s Foundation: The Common Mission

Wrongly assuming you and your collaborator want the same goal will cripple your alliance

No Fair!

The instincts about fairness that emerged on the playground also apply to your partnerships in the workplace.

12: The Elements of Great Managing

12: The Elements of Great Managing is the long-awaited sequel to the 1999 runaway bestseller First, Break All the Rules. Grounded in Gallup’s 10 million employee and manager interviews spanning 114 countries, 12 follows great managers as they harness employee engagement to turn around a failing call center, save a struggling hotel, improve patient care in a hospital, maintain production through power outages, and successfully … [ Read more ]