The whole and its parts

The whole & its parts

Category: Belonging

Origins of humor

When there is laughter and a sense of community in a team, it often leads

Function over form

The easy way to teach children how to be polite is by telling them what

Neutrality

When teams find themselves performing less well than expected, they easily will be on the

Planning an outcome

When invited to a meeting, people will immediately imagine an outcome of that meeting. If

Giving or wanting

As an individual, it is easy to concentrate on what it is that one wants.

Resistance and engagement

When a leader encounters resistance to change, his first task will be to explore what

The contact dance

As much as people may appreciate connecting with others, they also like others to stay

Feelings as magnets

Suzy couldn’t believe how often she had come back to the same request. She had

Aligning differences

An automatic reaction to differences in a team often is the desire to align them

I don’t mind

It’s a challenging space for a leader to be able to say that they don’t

Giving attention

Time simply exists. It is available and will be used. Attention, however, is how time

Noticing small differences

Writing emails is something I’ve become accustomed to. But the way I write emails is