Posts by Sheila Wherry

How Emotionally Intelligent Is Your Team?

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In today’s world of work, most would agree that emotional intelligence is a key factor for individual success. Emotional intelligence, as a concept, has been covered extensively since the 1990s.…

High-Functioning Teams Ask Questions

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Teams that are productive and high achieving have a basis of strong communication that underpins the way they work as individuals and as a team. That communication will often be…

Commit To Having Tough Conversations

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Relationships, team dynamics and productivity become stagnant when some things go unsaid and tough conversations are avoided. Indeed, as a leader, ignoring difficult conversations makes you complicit in that stagnancy.…

Influence Through Inquiry

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It can be difficult to transform the culture of an entire organisation, but you can have a huge impact within your own team and in your direct relationships at work…

Accountability Leads To Productivity

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Establishing and agreeing to responsibilities and an accountability plan at the outset builds in clarity and commitment early. Plus, it is easier to work and raise questions as you go…

Ingredients For Effective Communication

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Effective communication is essential to a productive, accomplished team. If team members feel unsupported or attacked through the way we communicate with them, it can immobilise their ability to rationally…

Build Accountability To Nurture Innovation

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Assigning blame or muddling through a tricky situation without fully understanding who is doing what and what the chains of progress and communication are will result in a team that…