Tag: teamwork
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Accountability And Supporting Your Teammates
“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.” – H.E. Luccock There are lots of books about holding people accountable, often times these books focus on the clarity of the responsibilities, measurement or structuring conversations that cut through the excuses. Yes, these are all important things to focus on.…
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Communication With Customers
“Our business is about people. It’s about relationships andtrust. It’s about simple acts of kindness.” — Blake Nordstrom Hi Everyone, Customer Service means a lot of things to a lot of people. We all know good and bad customer service when we experience it. As a leader at Nordstrom, I spent a lot of time…
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Improve Meetings
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” – Edward Everett Hale Hi Everyone, As we continue to move the company to an interdisciplinary way of working, I wanted to touch on communication and the importance of equal time allocation for all team members to contribute within meetings. Google…
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Three Crucial Habits for Interdisciplinary Teams
“I’ve never scored a goal in my life without getting a pass from someone else.” – Abby Wambach Hi Everyone, In interdisciplinary teams, three habits are crucial to our success: clear communication, defined roles, and efficient time management. These aren’t just “good-to-haves”; they’re the very bedrock of successful teamwork. In these diverse teams,…
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Relationship Between Communication and Power
“To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.” – Anthony Robbins Hi Everyone, Communication plays a crucial role in interdisciplinary work, as it helps team members share their ideas, perspectives, and knowledge…
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Interdisciplinary Teams
“In the longer run and for wide-reaching issues, more creative solutions tend to come from imaginative interdisciplinary collaboration.” – Robert J. Shiller Hi Everyone, We work in Interdisciplinary Teams. A group of consultants from different fields who work together toward the same goal to provide the best care or best business outcome for our…
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Moving Offices
Today marks the last day that our headquarters will be at 1005 7th St NW, starting Monday we will be taking up residence in a different office space at 1015 7th St NW- located just down the block. Many of you may recall when we first got our soon to be former office space… we…
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Moving Offices
Today marks the last day that our headquarters will be at 1005 7th St NW, starting Monday we will be taking up residence in a different office space at 1015 7th St NW- located just down the block. Many of you may recall when we first got our soon to be former office space… we…
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Shared Values
In order to do all of what has been written about in my previous two notes, we need to be a team and a family of co-workers that share a common value system. The first act of the company was to establish a core set of values: If you care about your customers and your…
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Making a Difference
In many ways, I am thrilled at what we’ve accomplished – but it’s not enough, not nearly enough. I want to build a business that is inspirational, that aspires to change the way business is done and most importantly, is an expression of our core values. The business should be inspirational in the way that…