Before you can solve the problems that prevent your company or team from achieving optimal performance, you need to fully understand the underlying behavioral issues that block sustainable organizational change, efficiency, and effectiveness. Once you understand what triggers automatic and unproductive behaviors, you can master the methodology for transforming them into extraordinary behaviors that propel your organization into high performance.

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BUSINESS RESULTS ARE IN DIRECT
PROPORTION TO HOW PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER
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WHEN LEADERS ARE NOT ALIGNED AND
EMPLOYEES ARE NOT ENGAGED, EVEN THE
MOST BRILLIANT BUSINESS STRATEGY WILL NOT
SUCCEED
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HOW PEOPLE BEHAVE AND
RELATE TO THE ORGANIZATION, COWORKERS,
AND LEADERS DETERMINES WHAT IS
ACHIEVED
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UNPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR TAKES UP YOUR
TIME, FRUSTRATES EVERYONE IN ITS PATH, AND
PREVENTS THE COMPANY FROM ACHIEVING ITS
GOALS
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NOTHING WORKS WHEN PEOPLE ARE NOT
WORKING TOGETHER
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YOU CANNOT CHANGE HOW PEOPLE BEHAVE
WITH MANDATES, SLOGANS, OR PROGRAMS-
OF-THE-MONTH
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NO AMOUNT OF CAJOLING, PERSUADING, OR
THREATENING WILL ALTER WHAT PEOPLE DO
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10. PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO BEHAVE IN THE
SAME WAY; THEY WILL JUST TAKE IT
UNDERGROUND WHERE YOU CANNOT SEE IT
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11. THE GRAPEVINE
IS THE STRONGEST COMMUNICATION NETWORK
IN COMPANIES THAT DO NOT HAVE AN OPEN
AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT
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12. A CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY IS THE
HALLMARK OF WORLD‐CLASS ORGANIZATIONS
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13. NOW THE QUESTION IS ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
“WHAT IS HOLDING LEADERS AND
ORGANIZATIONS BACK?”
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14. TRANSFORMATION BEGINS WHEN LEADERS
CHOOSE TO CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOURS…….
THEIR “BEHAVIOURIAL BLIND SPOTS”
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15. BLIND SPOTS ARE AUTOMATIC, MECHANICAL,
AND UNCONSCIOUS BEHAVIOURS
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16. THEY OCCUR SPONTANEOUSLY AND HABITUALLY,
AND THEY GET WORSE IN TIMES OF STRESS AND
ANXIETY OR EMBRASSMENT!!
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TO COMBAT THESE UNPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOURS,
ANSWER THESE 15 QUESTIONS
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DO YOU FEEL THERE ARE UNRESOLVED ISSUES
AND PROBLEMS THAT SURFACE AGAIN AND
AGAIN?
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19. 2
ARE THERE UNRESOLVED CONFLICTS BETWEEN
INDIVIDUALS ON YOUR TEAM?
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20. 3
ARE THERE UNRESOLVED CONFLICTS BETWEEN
YOUR TEAM AND OTHER GROUPS IN THE
ORGANIZATION?
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21. 4
IS THE WORK ENVIRONMENT DISEMPOWERING
(UNCONSTRUCTIVE, UNINSPIRING, PESSIMISTIC,
OR NEGATIVE)?
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22. 5
DO YOU ALIGN IN MEETINGS BUT CONSPIRE
AGAINST OTHERS OUTSIDE OF MEETINGS?
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23. 6
DO YOU TOLERATE UNPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR IN
MEETINGS?
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24. 7
DOES YOUR ORGANIZATION IGNORE
UNPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR OR ADDRESS IT
INCONSISTENTLY?
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25. 8
DO YOU TALK BEHIND EACH OTHER’S BACK
INSTEAD OF TALKING DIRECTLY TO EACH OTHER?
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26. 9
DO YOU TRUST THE SENIOR LEADERS?
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27. 10
DO YOU TRUST THE TEAM LEADER AND/OR
OTHER IMMEDIATE LEADERS?
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28. 11
DO YOU TRUST THE TEAM MEMBERS, AND DO
THEY TRUST YOU?
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29. 12
DO YOU HOLD OTHERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR
DELIVERING ON COMMITMENTS?
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30. 13
DO YOU BLAME, POINT THE FINGER AT, OR
COMPLAIN ABOUT OTHERS OR CIRCUMSTANCES?
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31. 14
DO YOU PROTECT AND DEFEND YOUR AREA
(SILO) TO THE EXCLUSION OF DOING WHAT IS
BEST FOR THE ENTERPRISE AS A WHOLE?
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32. 15
DO YOU HAVE AN UNSPOKEN TRUCE WITH
OTHERS TO NOT HOLD EACH OTHER
ACCOUNTABLE (THAT IS, NOT TO CALL EACH
OTHER OUT)?
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33. IT TAKES COURAGE TO ANSWERS THE 15
QUESTIONS …………
AND MORE COURAGE TO IMPLEMENT THE
ANSWERS………..
AND THOSE WHO DO THESE ARE CALLED……
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34. COURAGEOUS LEADERS……
THEY ALWAYS REACH FOR THE STARS……
THEY NEVER LOOK BACK….
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L e a d e r s … … …
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Yo u r Te a m A n d O r g a n i z a t i o n a l
R e s u l t s ?
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