http://blog.steffanantonas.com/balance-grasshopper.htm Sat, 16 Jul 2011 21:18:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://blog.steffanantonas.com/balance-grasshopper.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2717 Steffan Antonas Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:01:15 +0000 http://blog.steffanantonas.com/?p=204#comment-2717 @Nic - good point on confidence and compromise, but you must agree that, while most professionals value positive collaboration, it's easier said than done. Consider a case where you have two very smart, passionate, confident workers who disagree completely on an idea or direction that they'll have to commit to as a group to move forward. each one has his own reasons for what he thinks is the right thing to do, and both ideas conflict. It's a one-or-the-other decision. Not every situation is win-win, and if someone gets the impression that they consistently "lose" or that their opinion isn't being taken into consideration, they might be inclined to "opt out" of the conflict and suppress their opinion or emotions the next time decisions like that have to be made. The effects of all this always increase when a team engages in decision making repeatedly. Patterns emerge. Some people dominate the conversation more than others, for example. You've got to always maintain a balance to foster healthy debate. Everyone needs to feel comfortable challenging ideas no matter where or who they come from. When communication breaks down, so does creativity and passion. @Nic – good point on confidence and compromise, but you must agree that, while most professionals value positive collaboration, it's easier said than done. Consider a case where you have two very smart, passionate, confident workers who disagree completely on an idea or direction that they'll have to commit to as a group to move forward. each one has his own reasons for what he thinks is the right thing to do, and both ideas conflict. It's a one-or-the-other decision. Not every situation is win-win, and if someone gets the impression that they consistently “lose” or that their opinion isn't being taken into consideration, they might be inclined to “opt out” of the conflict and suppress their opinion or emotions the next time decisions like that have to be made. The effects of all this always increase when a team engages in decision making repeatedly. Patterns emerge. Some people dominate the conversation more than others, for example. You've got to always maintain a balance to foster healthy debate. Everyone needs to feel comfortable challenging ideas no matter where or who they come from. When communication breaks down, so does creativity and passion.

]]> http://blog.steffanantonas.com/balance-grasshopper.htm/comment-page-1#comment-292 Steffan Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:01:15 +0000 http://blog.steffanantonas.com/?p=204#comment-292 @Nic - good point on confidence and compromise, but you must agree that, while most professionals value positive collaboration, it's easier said than done. Consider a case where you have two very smart, passionate, confident workers who disagree completely on an idea or direction that they'll have to commit to as a group to move forward. each one has his own reasons for what he thinks is the right thing to do, and both ideas conflict. It's a one-or-the-other decision. Not every situation is win-win, and if someone gets the impression that they consistently "lose" or that their opinion isn't being taken into consideration, they might be inclined to "opt out" of the conflict and suppress their opinion or emotions the next time decisions like that have to be made. The effects of all this always increase when a team engages in decision making repeatedly. Patterns emerge. Some people dominate the conversation more than others, for example. You've got to always maintain a balance to foster healthy debate. Everyone needs to feel comfortable challenging ideas no matter where or who they come from. When communication breaks down, so does creativity and passion. @Nic – good point on confidence and compromise, but you must agree that, while most professionals value positive collaboration, it's easier said than done. Consider a case where you have two very smart, passionate, confident workers who disagree completely on an idea or direction that they'll have to commit to as a group to move forward. each one has his own reasons for what he thinks is the right thing to do, and both ideas conflict. It's a one-or-the-other decision. Not every situation is win-win, and if someone gets the impression that they consistently “lose” or that their opinion isn't being taken into consideration, they might be inclined to “opt out” of the conflict and suppress their opinion or emotions the next time decisions like that have to be made. The effects of all this always increase when a team engages in decision making repeatedly. Patterns emerge. Some people dominate the conversation more than others, for example. You've got to always maintain a balance to foster healthy debate. Everyone needs to feel comfortable challenging ideas no matter where or who they come from. When communication breaks down, so does creativity and passion.

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